primary syphilis
primary syphilis
nounDefinition of PRIMARY SYPHILIS
: the first stage of syphilis that is marked by the development of a chancre and the spread of the causative spirochete in the tissues of the body
First Known Use of PRIMARY SYPHILIS
circa 1890
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