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Definition of Neurosyphilis
1. Noun. Syphilis of the central nervous system.
Specialized synonyms: Locomotor Ataxia, Tabes Dorsalis
Definition of Neurosyphilis
1. Noun. (pathology) A syphilis infection affecting the nervous system. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Neurosyphilis
1. An advanced (stage III) syphilitic infection (Treponema pallidum) affecting nervous structures. Symptoms include ataxia, dementia and tabes dorsalis (staggering gait and postural difficulties). (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neurosyphilis
Literary usage of Neurosyphilis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kingdom of Evils: Psychiatric Social Work Presented in One Hundred Case by Elmer Ernest Southard, Mary Cromwell Jarrett (1922)
"In the book of the senior author written in collaboration with Dr. HC Solomon,
neurosyphilis: Modern Systematic Diagnosis and Treatment presented in one ..."
2. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1922)
"... (SWIFT- ELLIS) IN neurosyphilis* JOHN H. STOKES AND EARL D. ... The treatment
of neurosyphilis by the drainage of spinal fluid, in conjunction with ..."
3. Contributions to Medical and Biological Research by William Osler (1919)
"INTRASPINAL THERAPY IN neurosyphilis BY JOHN A. FORDYCE, MD, NEW YORK MODERN
diagnostic methods and modern treatment, controlled by the Wassermann reaction ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"An attempt to employ this fact to explain the discrepancy of neurosyphilis in
the partners in the two groups conflicts with our present-day theories ..."
5. The Social Hygiene Bulletin by American Social Hygiene Association (1920)
"By neurosyphilis is meant syphilitic involvement of the central nervous system,
... The type of case coming to a clinic dealing chiefly with neurosyphilis ..."
6. Screening for Infectious Diseases Among Substance Abusers: A Treatment by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"If the findings on examination of the CSF are consistent with neurosyphilis, the
patient should be treated with high-dose intravenous penicillin. ..."
7. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"abnormal reaction, and abnormality of size and shape, occur in dis- eses other
than neurosyphilis. One need only list the well attested occurrence of the ..."
8. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1921)
"... study to have likewise a neurosyphilis and cardiovascular evidences of his
... neurosyphilis 20 per cent also had osseous syphilis 20 per cent also had ..."
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