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    TERTIARY SYPHILIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liverplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("tertiary syphilis" is a kind of...):

    lues; lues venerea; pox; syph; syphilis (a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta))

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