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tabes dorsalis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈteɪbiːz dɔːˈseɪlɪs/

Etymology

From tabes + dorsalis, "tabes of the back".

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) tabes of the back; a degeneration of the sensory neurons of the spinal cord carrying afferent information.
  2. (countable, often, qualifier:more specifically, uncountable) neurosyphilis in the form of such degeneration.
    • Malcolm X: the death of terminal fibrillation, as elegant as the trembling of hands in tabes dorsalis [...]. 1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
    • [I told her] of patients with neurosyphilis, tabes dorsalis, who had similar symptoms, but confined to the legs. 1984, Oliver Sacks, “The Disembodied Lady”, chapter 3 in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Reset 2007), page 51

Forms

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Synonyms

locomotor ataxia

Translations (1)

ja 脊髄癆 (degeneration)