SECONDARY SYPHILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secondary syphilis mean? 

• SECONDARY SYPHILIS (noun)
  The noun SECONDARY SYPHILIS has 1 sense:

1. the second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane

  Familiarity information: SECONDARY SYPHILIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECONDARY SYPHILIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("secondary 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))