tabes dor·sa·lis /-dɔrˈsæləs, ˈse, ˈsɑ-/
tabes dor·sa·lis /-dɔrˈseləs, ˈsæləs/ 名詞
(拉)脊髓癆,脊髓癆,運動性共濟失調
Ta·bes n. Med. Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.
Tabes dorsalis , locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called simply tabes. -- Tabes mesenterica , a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration.
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tabes dorsalis
n : 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 [syn: locomotor
ataxia]