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tabes dorsalis

tabes dor·sa·lis [ -dȯr-ˈsa-ləs]

tabes dorsalis

noun

[-dȯr-ˈsa-ləs]

Definition of tabes dorsalis

: 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

First Known Use of tabes dorsalis

circa 1681, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for tabes dorsalis

New Latin, dorsal tabes

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