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Noun: tabes dorsalis
  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
    - locomotor ataxia

Type of: neurosyphilis

Encyclopedia: Tabes dorsalis