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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A late form of syphilis resulting in a hardening of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord and marked by shooting pains, emaciation, loss of muscular coordination, and disturbances of sensation and digestion.
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- noun pathology A
degeneration of the sensoryneurons of thespinal cord carrying afferent information.
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- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin tābēs dorsālis : Latin tābēs, tabes + Late Latin dorsālis, dorsal.]
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