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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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 Mitchell, John K.
Although they usually develop in the ataxic stage, one or more years after the initial spinal symptoms, they may appear before there is any evidence of tabes.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
This is one of the first symptoms of tabes.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina
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)
We cannot cure the tabes of the spinal cord.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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