tabes dorsalis

== English == === Etymology === From tabes + dorsalis, "tabes of the back". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈteɪbiːz dɔːˈseɪlɪs/ === Noun === tabes dorsalis (countable and uncountable, plural tabes dorsales) (pathology) tabes of the back; a degeneration of the sensory neurons of the spinal cord carrying afferent information. (often, more specifically) neurosyphilis in the form of such degeneration. 1984, Oliver Sacks, “The Disembodied Lady”, chapter 3 in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Reset 2007), page 51: [I told her] of patients with neurosyphilis, tabes dorsalis, who had similar symptoms, but confined to the legs. ==== Synonyms ==== locomotor ataxia ==== Translations ====