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tabetic

American  
[tuh-bet-ik] / təˈbɛt ɪk /

adjective

  1. Also tabid pertaining to or affected with tabes.


noun

  1. a person affected with tabes.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of tabetic

tabe(s) + -tic

Example Sentences

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There is none of the distress caused by true an�sthesia, as, for instance, by the "tabetic mask," or insensibility of part of the face, which sometimes occurs in tabes dorsalis.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

Various types are met with; they are known according to their cause, as static, congenital, traumatic, paralytic, rachitic, rheumatic, arthritic, gonorrhœal, and tabetic.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

A German professor wished to demonstrate to his class the varying inco-ordination of a series of tabetic patients.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

The freedom with which a tabetic patient will allow his disorganised joint to be handled requires to be seen to be appreciated.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

True tabetic crises yield more readily to ordinary anodyne drugs than do these pseudo-crises.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

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