| LT | heat-labile toxin; laminar tomography; left; left thigh; less than; lethal time; leukotriene; Levin ... |
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| S | Greek capital letter sigma; syphilis; summation of series |
| STORCH | syphilis, toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpesvirus |
| SY | spectroscopy; syphilis, syphilitic |
| syph | syphilis, syphilitic |
| syphilis, cutaneous | Cutaneous lesions arising from infection with treponema pallidum. In the primary stage, 18-21 days following infection, one or more chancres appear. If untreated, the subsequent stages of the disease appear as syphilids. These eruptions are superficial, nondestructive, exanthematic, transient, macular roseolas that may later be maculopapular or papular polymorphous or scaly, pustular, pigmented eruptions.(arnold, odom, and james, andrew's diseases of the skin, 8th ed, p409) (12 Dec 1998) |
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| syphilis d'emblee | Syphilis occurring without an initial sore. Origin: Fr. Right away (05 Mar 2000) |
| syphilis hereditaria | <radiology> Wimberger sign, periostitis, part of ToRCHS complex (12 Dec 1998) |
| syphilis hereditaria tarda | Syphilis, believed to be congenital, but not manifesting itself until several years after birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syphilis serodiagnosis | Serologic tests for syphilis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quaternary syphilis | Any condition indirectly due to syphilis. Synonym: metasyphilis, parasyphilosis, quaternary syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tertiary syphilis | <microbiology> An advanced (stage III) syphilitic infection (Treponema pallidum) affecting nervous structures. Symptoms include ataxia, dementia and tabes dorsalis (staggering gait and postural difficulties). (13 Jan 1998) |
| early latent syphilis | Infection with Treponema pallidum, the organism of syphilis, after the primary and secondary phases have subsided, during the first year after infection, before any manifestations of tertiary syphilis have appeared. (05 Mar 2000) |
| early syphilis | Primary, secondary, or early latent syphilis, before any tertiary manifestations have appeared. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic syphilis | Syphilis caused by organisms closely related to Treponema pallidum; spread by personal, but not necessarily venereal, contact; usually acquired in childhood, most common in areas of provery and overcrowding; rare in the United States; includes yaws, pinta and bejel. Synonym: endemic syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine syphilis | A disease of horses and donkeys caused by trypanosoma equiperdum. The disease occurs in africa, the americas, and asia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| latent syphilis | Infection with Treponema pallidum, after the manifestations of primary and secondary syphilis have subsided (or were never noticed), before any manifestations of tertiary syphilis have appeared. (05 Mar 2000) |