secondary syphilis

noun

Pathology.

1. the second stage of syphilis, characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane.

Word History and Origins

Origin of secondary syphilis¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

In the national 2023 data, there was a 13% decline in primary and secondary syphilis among men who have sex with men.

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So, secondary syphilis, you'll often see the most common thing that people talk about is having rashes on the palms of your hands and soles of your feet.

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Black Americans comprised about 30 percent of primary and secondary syphilis cases.

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The CDC figures show that Louisiana had 1,500 more chlamydia cases in 2018 than in 2017, with fairly stable numbers for gonorrhea and the most infectious stages of syphilis, called primary and secondary syphilis.

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While primary and secondary syphilis diagnoses went up by 76 percent, chlamydia remained the most commonly reported to the CDC, with nearly half of the new cases occurring in females ages 15 to 24.

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