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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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)
We cannot cure the tabes of the spinal cord.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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 Thomson, Alexis
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 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
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