tabes dorsalis in English
noun
1
loss of coordination of movement, especially as a result of syphilitic infection of the spinal cord.
Diabetes mellitus, tabes dorsalis , and syringomyelia are common causes.
noun
locomotor ataxia
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1. In 1913, Bacteriologist Hideo Noguchi (1876–1928), working at the Rockefeller Institute, discovered Treponema pallidum (the organism causing syphilis) in the brains of paretics and patients with tabes dorsalis, confirming his hypothesis concerning the cause of the disturbance (Clark, 1959).