locomotor ataxia

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. tabes dorsalis.

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locomotor ataxia British  

noun

1. pathol another name for tabes dorsalis

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Etymology

Origin of locomotor ataxia

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The germs attack the brain, causing paresis, and the spinal cord, causing locomotor ataxia.

From Time Magazine Archive

He differentiated the manifestations of locomotor ataxia, published researches on many another malady from gout to chronic pneumonia, some of which bear his name.

From Time Magazine Archive

This with the exaggerated reflexes would exclude its use in locomotor ataxia.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Practically all patients with locomotor ataxia owe their condition to an antecedent syphilis.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.

One might just as well expect a corn plaster to cure a bad case of pneumonia, or an eye lotion to remedy locomotor ataxia.

From The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture by Stevans, Helen Follett