tabes
Americannoun
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a wasting of a bodily organ or part
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short for tabes dorsalis
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Etymology
Origin of tabes
1645–55; < Latin tābēs wasting, decay, akin to tābēre to waste away
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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
The wounds heal well, but the victims of tabes are unfavourable subjects for operative interference, on account of their liability to intercurrent complications.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
There is no doubt, for instance, that certain cases of intractable dyspepsia are associated with tabes and that in nearly the same way obstinate constipation frequently develops.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
Rest alone will do much to diminish pain and promote sleep in tabes, rest with massage and electricity will do more.
From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by John K. Mitchell
This is seriously disturbed by the degeneration in tabes.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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