TABES DORSALIS


Meaning of TABES DORSALIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -dȯr-ˈsa-ləs, -ˈsā-, -ˈsä- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, dorsal tabes

Date: circa 1681

: a syphilitic disorder of the nervous system marked by wasting, pain, limb weakness, ataxia, and disorders of sensation and vision resulting from degeneration of the spinal cord — called also locomotor ataxia

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