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syphilis
noun(syph-i-lis)
a chronic contagious usually venereal and often congenital disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pallidum) and if left untreated producing chancres, rashes, and systemic lesions in a clinical course with three stages continued over many years
syphilis
noun(syph-i-lis)
the first stage of syphilis that is marked by the development of a chancre and the spread of the causative spirochete in the tissues of the body
syphilis
noun(syph-i-lis)
the second stage of syphilis that appears from 2 to 6 months after primary infection, that is marked by lesions especially in the skin but also in organs and tissues, and that lasts from 3 to 12 weeks
syphilis
noun(syph-i-lis)
the third stage of syphilis that develops after disappearance of the symptoms of secondary syphilis and is marked by ulcers in and gummas under the skin and commonly by involvement of the skeletal, cardiovascular, and nervous systems

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