tabes dorsalis
脊髓痨
医
tabes dorsalis[ 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
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Tabes \Ta"bes\ (t[=a]"b[=e]z), n. [L., a wasting disease.]
(Med.)
Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic
fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.
{Tabes dorsalis} (t[=a]"b[=e]z d[^o]r*s[=a]"l[i^]s) [NL.,
tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called
simply tabes.
{Tabes mesenterica}[NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease
of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the
lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous
degeneration.