Syphilis
81Étude de tuskegee sur la syphilis — L Étude de Tuskegee sur la syphilis (1932 – 1972) fut une étude clinique, faite à Tuskegee, Alabama, dont les 399 patients (plus 201 personnes d un groupe de contrôle sans la syphilis), des métayers Afro américains pauvres et surtout illettrés se …
82Test, syphilis (RPR) — Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream when a patient has syphilis. A negative (nonreactive) RPR is compatible with a person not having syphilis, but in the early stages of the …
83Test, syphilis (VDRL) — A blood test for syphilis (VDRL stands for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) that detects an antibody that is present in the bloodstream when a patient has syphilis. A negative (nonreactive) VDRL is compatible with a person not having… …
84Nontreponemal tests for syphilis — Nontreponemal tests refer to a class of syphilis diagnostics that detect infection by indirect markers of infection. Nontreponemal Tests detect biomarkers that are released during cellular damage that occurs from the syphilis spirochete. In… …
85secondary syphilis — n the second stage of syphilis that appears from 2 to 6 months after primary infection, that is marked by lesions esp. in the skin but also in organs and tissues, and that lasts from 3 to 12 weeks * * * the second stage of syphilis, usually… …
86tertiary syphilis — n 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 * * * the third… …
87primary syphilis — noun the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection • Hypernyms: ↑syphilis, ↑syph, ↑pox, ↑lues venerea, ↑lues * * * noun : the first stage of syphilis marked by the development of the chancre and the spread of the causative… …
88secondary syphilis — noun the second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane • Hypernyms: ↑syphilis, ↑syph, ↑pox, ↑lues venerea, ↑lues * * * noun : the second stage of syphilis appearing from 2 to 6 months after primary infection, marked by… …
89tertiary syphilis — noun the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver • Hypernyms: ↑syphilis, ↑syph, ↑pox, ↑lues venerea, ↑lues * * * noun : the third stage of syphilis… …
90Hérédo-syphilis — Hérédosyphilis L hérédosyphilis, composé du mot latin heres, « héritier », et du mot syphilis, est un terme historique utilisé autrefois pour désigner la syphilis congénitale, qu on pensait alors héréditaire, c est à dire transmise par… …
