Definition of Primary syphilis

1. Noun. The first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection.

Generic synonyms: Lues, Lues Venerea, Pox, Syph, Syphilis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primary Syphilis

primary rate interface
primary reinforcement
primary reinforcements
primary research
primary residence
primary residences
primary school
primary schools
primary sector
primary sectors
primary solid solution
primary source
primary structure
primary syphilis (current term)
primary teeth
primary tooth
primary transcript
primary valence
primary winding
primas
primase
primatal
primatals
primate
primates
primateship
primateships
primatial

Literary usage of Primary syphilis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1842)
"The excess of the ulcerative stage constitutes that variety which has been termed " phagedenic primary syphilis." When the ulcerative process has been less ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1898)
"The chapters devoted to the latter disease are excellent, and the illustra- primary syphilis of the Hand. tions, several of which are coloured, ..."

3. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1906)
"primary syphilis: The first point to which attention may be drawn is the comparatively advanced age of the cases of primary syphilis. ..."

4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1859)
"ON THE TREATMENT OF primary syphilis. By JL MILTON, Esq« (Read before the Western Medical Society.) [Rather than attempt the complete description of so ..."

5. The Modern treatment of syphilitic diseases: Both Primary and Secondary by Langston Parker (1860)
"Both primary and secondary syphilis, then, maybe propagated by inoculation ; the pus of primary syphilis produces primary syphilis, the pus or secretion of ..."

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