tertiary syphilis

(eg. synonym, hindu, butterfly )

tertiary syphilis Meaning of "tertiary syphilis"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver

Usage(s):

  1. At the Metropolitan, the urbane, formal mastery of Manet When Edouard Manet died of tertiary syphilis in 1883 at the age of 51, Emile Zola and Claude Monet helped carry his.
  2. They suggest that she died of alcoholism or tertiary syphilis contracted from a prior spouse.
  3. He died of tertiary syphilis, which he may have inherited from his eminently respectable father, who wanted him to do something more respectable than painting.
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