neurosyphilis

Noun

neurosyphilis (uncountable)

1. A syphilis infection affecting the nervous system.
   • The progression of syphilis to neurosyphilis usually takes 30 to 40 years, but in a "coinfected person" it can occur in six to nine months.1988 December 4, John Dooley, “CDC Releases New Recommendations For Syphilis, HIV”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 2
   • Even more recently, The Times Literary Supplement, sifting through Hardy’s ashes, ran a story suggesting that his first wife may have suffered from quaternary neurosyphilis — contracted from him.2007 March 18, Brenda Wineapple, “Wessex Man”, in New York Times