myelosyphilis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Syphilis of the spinal cord: a form of neurosyphilis (today the diagnosis would be neurosyphilis, as the implication that the rest of the central nervous system is spared is baseless).

Word forms

myelosyphilis

Etymology

From myelo- + syphilis.

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