Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA 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 21 more example
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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
- Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
- Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
- Englishneuro-
- Englishsyphilis
- Englishneurosyphilis
Translations
Catalan neurosífilis
- neurosífilissyphilis infection affecting the nervous system
Finnish neurosyfilis
- neurosyfilissyphilis infection affecting the nervous system
Spanish neurosífilis
- neurosífilissyphilis infection affecting the nervous system
Cite this entry
neurosyphilis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neurosyphilis
“neurosyphilis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neurosyphilis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neurosyphilis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neurosyphilis.
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