tabescent

[ tuh-bes-uh nt ]

/ təˈbɛs ənt /

adjective

wasting away; becoming emaciated or consumed.

Nearby words

tabernacle mirror, tabernacles, tabes, tabes dorsalis, tabes mesenterica, tabescent, tabetic, tabetic arthropathy, tabetiform, tabi, tabinet

Origin of tabescent

1885–90; < Latin tābēscent- (stem of tābēscēns), present participle of tābēscere to waste away. See tabes, -escent

Related forms

ta·bes·cence, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for tabescent

tabescent

/ (təˈbɛsənt) /

adjective

progressively emaciating; wasting away

of, relating to, or having tabes

Derived Forms

tabescence, noun

Word Origin for tabescent

C19: from Latin tābēscere, from tabes

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