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Tabes dorsalis

//ˈteɪbiːz dɔːˈseɪlɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    tabes of the back; a degeneration of the sensory neurons of the spinal cord carrying afferent information. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    neurosyphilis in the form of such degeneration. countable, often, uncountable

    "Malcolm X: the death of terminal fibrillation, as elegant as the trembling of hands in tabes dorsalis [...]."

Etymology

From tabes + dorsalis, "tabes of the back".

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