Tabes dorsalis
WordNet
noun
(1) 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
WiktionaryText
Noun
- locomotor ataxia
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- 1970: Malcolm X: the death of terminal fibrillation, as elegant as the trembling of hands in tabes dorsalis — JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition
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