1910 F. W. Mott in Power & Murphy System of Syphilis IV. x. 328An important point to remember is the frequency with which optic atrophy is followed by tabo⁓paralysis.
1972 R. A. & A. T. Willis Princ. Path. &Bacteriol. (ed. 3) xvi. 201The quaternary syphilitic diseases are (1) general paralysis of the insane or dementia paralytica, and (2) locomotor ataxia or tabes dorsalis. A combination of the two, taboparalysis, also occurs.
1910 Med. Rec. (N.Y. ) LXXVII. 219/1 (heading)The pathological prodromes of taboparesis.
1932 W. Boyd Textbk. Path. xxx. 829There is sometimes a combination of tabes and paresis (taboparesis), with degeneration of the posterior columns . [ of the spinal cord]
1980 A. King et al. VenerealDis. (ed. 4) v. 89This suggests that there is an element of tabes present (taboparesis).
tabo-
combining form
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin tabes — more at thaw
: progressive wasting : tabes
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