Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tertiary_syphilis

1 sense of tertiary syphilis

Sense 1
tertiary syphilis -- (the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver)
       => syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues -- (a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta))