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Meanings of tabes dorsalis in English

Russian
спинная сухотка
Portuguese
tabes dorsal
Spanish
tabes dorsal

Slow degeneration (specifically, demyelination) of the neural tracts primarily in the dorsal columns (posterior columns) of the spinal cord (the portion closest to the back of the body) and dorsal roots.

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        спинная сухотка
        Portuguese
        tabes dorsalis

        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 dorsalis
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              Examples for "locomotor ataxia"
              Examples for "locomotor ataxia"
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              Stretching of the great sciatic either for sciatica, sclerosis, or locomotor ataxia.
              A Manual of the Operations of Surgery / For the Use of Senior St...
              2
              They say it's really locomotor ataxia, poor fellow I but-ah ,there'sFritz!
              The Woman with the Fan
              3
              Walker was lecturing on locomotor ataxia to a wardful of youngsters.
              Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
              4
              People said he had locomotor ataxia, but that really meant syphilis.
              Damaged Goods / The great play "Les avariés" by Brieux, novelize...
              5
              He had the slow, wobbly walk, the looselimbed, high-stepping gait of a man with locomotor ataxia.
              The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
              Usage of tabes dorsalis in English
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              Tabes dorsalis, as I live and breathe.
              The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
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