parenchymatous syphilis
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parenchymatous neurosyphilis — neurosyphilis that causes widespread parenchymal damage; called also parenchymatous syphilis. See general paresis, under paresis, and tabes dorsalis … Medical dictionary
Neurosyphilis — Neurological complications in the third (tertiary) and final phase of syphilis, which involve the central nervous system and can include psychosis, pain, and loss of physical control over a variety of bodily functions. * * * Infection of the… … Medical dictionary
General paresis — Progressive dementia and generalized paralysis due to chronic inflammation of the covering and substance of the brain (meningoencephalitis). General paresis is a part of late (tertiary) syphilis, occurring a decade or more after the initial… … Medical dictionary
interstitial keratitis — n a chronic progressive keratitis of the corneal stroma often resulting in blindness and frequently associated with congenital syphilis * * * chronic keratitis with ghost vessels and deep deposits in the substance of the cornea, which becomes… … Medical dictionary
tabes dorsalis — tabes dor·sa·lis dȯr sā ləs, sal əs n a syphilitic disorder that involves the dorsal horns of the spinal cord and the sensory nerve trunks and that is marked by wasting, pain, lack of coordination of voluntary movements and reflexes, and… … Medical dictionary
List of diseases (C) — A list of diseases in the English wikipedia.C* C syndrome * C1 esterase deficiency (angioedema)CaCac Cal* Cacchi Ricci disease * CACH syndrome * Cafe au lait spots syndrome * Caffey disease * CAHMR syndrome * Calcinosis cutis (see also CREST… … Wikipedia
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
triad — 1. A collection of three things having something in common. 2. The transverse tubule and the terminal cisternae on each side of it in skeletal muscle fibers. 3. SYN: portal t.. 4. The father, mother, and child relationship projectively… … Medical dictionary
