tabes dorsalis

selkäydinkato, tabes dorsalis puhekieltä A degeneration of the sensory neurons of the spinal cord carrying afferent information.
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I told her of patients with neurosyphilis, tabes dorsalis, who had similar symptoms, but confined to the legs.