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Locomotor ataxia

  • noun 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
    tabes dorsalis.
WordNet
  • . See Locomotor.
Webster 1913

Locomotor ataxia, ∨ Progressive locomotor ataxy

  • (Med.), a disease of the spinal cord characterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and difficulty in coördinating voluntary movements.
Webster 1913