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View synonyms for tabes dorsalis
tabes dorsalis
[ dawr-sal-is, -sey-lis ]
noun
, Pathology.
- syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
tabes dorsalis
/ dɔːˈsɑːlɪs /
noun
- a form of late syphilis that attacks the spinal cord causing degeneration of the nerve fibres, pains in the legs, paralysis of the leg muscles, acute abdominal pain, etc Also calledlocomotor ataxia
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tabes dorsalis1
1675–85; < New Latin tābēs dorsālis literally, tabes of the back; dorsal 1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tabes dorsalis1
New Latin, literally: tabes of the back; see tabes , dorsal
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Example Sentences
Tabes dorsalis occurs with much greater frequency in men than in women (see Neuropathology).
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