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| chancre |
a hard ulcer or sore, esp. the first obvious lesion of syphilis. |
| pox |
syphilis. [1/2 definitions] |
| reagin |
either of two antibodies found in the blood, one in persons who have allergies and one in those who test positive for syphilis. |
| tabes dorsalis |
a disease of the nervous system, usu. caused by syphilis and characterized by pain and an increasing loss of voluntary motor control and organ distress. |
| Wassermann test |
a diagnostic test for syphilis that detects the presence of syphilitic antibodies in the blood serum. |
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