lues venerea
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1. a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | cupid's disease, cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, std, vd, venereal disease, venereal infection, venus's curse, |
| definition | : | a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | primary syphilis, |
| definition | : | the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | secondary syphilis, |
| definition | : | the second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | tertiary syphilis, |
| definition | : | the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | neurosyphilis, |
| definition | : | syphilis of the central nervous system (noun.state) |
| part holonym | : | chancre, |
| definition | : | a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | syphilitic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or infected with syphilis (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | syphilitic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or infected with syphilis (adj.pert) |
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