tabes

[ tey-beez ]
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nounPathology.
  1. a gradually progressive emaciation.

Origin of tabes

1
1645–55; <Latin tābēs wasting, decay, akin to tābēre to waste away

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British Dictionary definitions for tabes

tabes

/ (ˈteɪbiːz) /


nounplural tabes
  1. a wasting of a bodily organ or part

  2. short for tabes dorsalis

Origin of tabes

1
C17: from Latin: a wasting away

Derived forms of tabes

  • tabetic (təˈbɛtɪk), adjective

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