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tabescent

[ tuh-bes-uh nt ]
/ təˈbɛs ənt /

adjective

wasting away; becoming emaciated or consumed.

Nearby words

  1. tabernacles,
  2. tabernacles, feast of,
  3. tabes,
  4. tabes dorsalis,
  5. tabes mesenterica,
  6. tabetic,
  7. tabetic arthropathy,
  8. tabetiform,
  9. tabi,
  10. tabid

Origin of tabescent

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

Word Origin for tabescent

C19: from Latin tābēscere, from tabes
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