Meaning Of The Word Tabes dorsalis

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Tabes dorsalis Meaning

Tabes dorsalis Definition
Tabes dorsalis Definition

What's The Definition Of Tabes dorsalis?

tabes dorsalis in American English
a chronic disease of the nervous system, usually caused by syphilis and characterized by disturbances of sensations, loss of reflexes and of muscular coordination, functional disorders of organs, etc.
noun: 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 in British English
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

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