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
- tabetic adjective
Etymology
Origin of tabes
1645–55; < Latin tābēs wasting, decay, akin to tābēre to waste away
Example Sentences
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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
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)
Except that the joint disease is seldom symmetrical, it closely resembles the arthropathy of tabes.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Certainly locomotor ataxic patients would seem the least likely to be benefited by training in movement and yet this movement therapy for tabes has had some wonderful results.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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