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
Etymology
Origin of tabes
1645–55; < Latin tābēs wasting, decay, akin to tābēre to waste away
Example Sentences
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This is one of the first symptoms of tabes.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Gina Lombroso
As to the pains and bowel and bladder disturbances, their handling will be discussed in considering the treatment of the next or middle stage of tabes.
From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by John K. Mitchell
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 Alexis Thomson
More rarely it appears as tabes mesenterica in infants, tubercular peritonitis, and tubercular disease of the internal organs.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Basil Thomson
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
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