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neurosyphilis

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A syphilis infection affecting the nervous system.

uncountable

Equivalents

Françaisneurosyphilis
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Examples

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.”
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 neurosyphiliscontracted from him.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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