CONGENITAL SYPHILIS
\kənd͡ʒˈɛnɪtə͡l sˈɪfəlɪs], \kəndʒˈɛnɪtəl sˈɪfəlɪs], \k_ə_n_dʒ_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_t_əl s_ˈɪ_f_ə_l_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of CONGENITAL SYPHILIS
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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S. that has existed in an individual from birth, either as hereditary s., or by having been communicated to the fetus from the mother through the uteroplacental circulation during intra-uterine life (intra-uterine or placental s.), or by contact with syphilitic lesions in the genital passages of the mother during parturition (infectio per partum).
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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