tabetˈic noun

tabes dorsalis /dör-sāˈlis/ noun

A complication of syphilis, appearing many years after infection, in which degeneration of the spinal cord causes muscular inco-ordination, severe pains in the trunk and legs and incontinence (also called locomotor ataxia)

tābōparēˈsis noun

An effect of syphilitic infection of the nervous system in which there are symptoms of tabes dorsalis and general paresis