neurosyphilis en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English syphilis English neurosyphilis From neuro- + syphilis.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A syphilis infection affecting the nervous system.
The progression of syphilis to neurosyphilis usually takes 30 to 40 years, but in a "coinfected person" it can occur in six to nine months.
1988 December 4, John Dooley, “CDC Releases New Recommendations For Syphilis, HIV”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 2:Even more recently, The Times Literary Supplement, sifting through Hardy’s ashes, ran a story suggesting that his first wife may have suffered from quaternary neurosyphilis — contracted from him.
2007 March 18, Brenda Wineapple, “Wessex Man”, in New York Times:
Hyponyms
myelosyphilis · oculosyphilis · otosyphilis
Relateds
Translations (3)
ca neurosífilis (syphilis infection affecting the nervous system) · es neurosífilis (syphilis infection affecting the nervous system) · fi neurosyfilis (syphilis infection affecting the nervous system)