Found 2 items, similar to tabes dorsalis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tabes dorsalis 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 ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tabes dorsalis 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]