myelosyphilis en · NOUN
Etymology
From myelo- + syphilis.
Meanings
- (archaic, uncountable) Syphilis of the spinal cord: a form of neurosyphilis (today the diagnosis would be neurosyphilis, as the implication that the rest of the central nervous system is spared is baseless).
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Relateds
parasyphilis · metasyphilis · metasyphilitic · parasyphilitic