tertiary syphilis

1. 1.

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

   Broadersyphilis

Questions about tertiary syphilis

What does tertiary syphilis mean?

tertiary syphilis means "the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver".

Is tertiary syphilis a common word?

tertiary syphilis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.