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tertiary syphilis

noun

Medical Definition of TERTIARY SYPHILIS

:  the third stage of syphilis that develops after the disappearance of the secondary symptoms and is marked by ulcers in and gummas under the skin and commonly by involvement of the skeletal, cardiovascular, and nervous systems

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