tabes
Americannoun
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a wasting of a bodily organ or part
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short for tabes dorsalis
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of tabes
1645–55; < Latin tābēs wasting, decay, akin to tābēre to waste away
Example Sentences
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The work of Flexner and Noguchi on paresis and tabes dorsalis show that always in such afflictions the tissues of the central nervous system have been invaded by the parasite.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. Guyer
In tabes dorsalis faradic treatment will often diminish the anaesthesia and numbness in the legs, with resulting benefit to the ataxy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
It may result also from the pressure of an abscess or an aneurysm either inside the pelvis or in the buttock, and is sometimes associated with disease of the spinal medulla, such as tabes.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The Frenkel Method.—In recent years the application of the Frenkel directed movement method, modified somewhat from its application in tabes, has attracted attention in the therapeutics of paralysis agitans.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
In certain diseases, especially tabes, the pupils do not respond to light stimuli, but accommodate themselves to objects.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Gina Lombroso
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