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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It is called, in the language of physicians, tabes dorsalis, or dorsal consumption; because it is supposed to arise from the dorsal portion of the spinal marrow.
From The Young Man's Guide by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
It must be used with great care not to exhaust the patient, but this is true also in tabes.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Neuro-Arthropathies.—Charcot's disease is usually met with in men over thirty who suffer from tabes dorsalis.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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 Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
This is seriously disturbed by the degeneration in tabes.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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