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 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]