| tabetic cuirass | An analgesic or hypalgesic zone in the proximal thoracic region, found in tabetic neurosyphilis. Synonym: analgesic cuirass, Hitzig's girdle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| analgesic cuirass | An analgesic or hypalgesic zone in the proximal thoracic region, found in tabetic neurosyphilis. Synonym: analgesic cuirass, Hitzig's girdle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cuirass | The anterior surface of the thorax in relation to symptoms or disease changes. Origin: Fr. Cuirasse, a breastplate (05 Mar 2000) |
| cuirass respirator | One of several types of respirator's producing alternating negative pressure about the thoracic cage; now rarely used. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabetic | <medicine> Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid. One affected with tabes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tabetic arthropathy | A neuropathic arthropathy that occurs with tabes dorsalis (tabetic neurosyphilis). See: neuropathic joint. Synonym: Charcot's joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabetic crisis | A sudden paroxysmal intensification of symptoms in the course of a disease. Origin: L., Gr. Krisis (18 Nov 1997) |
| tabetic dissociation | Loss of proprioceptive sensation with retained pain and temperature sensation due to involvement of the posterior columns of the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabetic neurosyphilis | See Tabes dorsalis. (12 Dec 1998) |