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TABES DORSALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tabes dorsalis mean?
• TABES DORSALIS (noun)
The noun TABES DORSALIS has 1 sense:
1. syphilis of the spinal cord characterized by degeneration of sensory neurons and stabbing pains in the trunk and legs and unsteady gait and incontinence and impotence
Familiarity information: TABES DORSALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Syphilis of the spinal cord characterized by degeneration of sensory neurons and stabbing pains in the trunk and legs and unsteady gait and incontinence and impotence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
locomotor ataxia; tabes dorsalis
Hypernyms ("tabes dorsalis" is a kind of...):
neurosyphilis (syphilis of the central nervous system)
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