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primary syphilis

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primary syphilis
n.
The first stage of syphilis, characterized by formation of a painless chancre at the point of infection and hardening and swelling of adjacent lymph nodes.
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Noun1.primary syphilis - the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection
lues, lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis - a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)


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