locomotor ataxia

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymstabes dorsalis

   Broaderneurosyphilis

Questions about locomotor ataxia

What does locomotor ataxia mean?

locomotor ataxia means "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".

What is another word for locomotor ataxia?

Close synonyms include tabes dorsalis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is locomotor ataxia a common word?

locomotor ataxia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.