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tabetic

[ tuh-bet-ik ]
/ təˈbɛt ɪk /
Pathology

adjective

Also tab·id [tab-id] /ˈtæb ɪd/. pertaining to or affected with tabes.

noun

a person affected with tabes.

Words nearby tabetic

tabernacles, tabes, tabes dorsalis, tabes mesenterica, tabescent, tabetic, tabetic arthropathy, tabetiform, tabi, tabinet, tabla

Origin of tabetic

tabe(s) + -tic

OTHER WORDS FROM tabetic

post·ta·bet·ic, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for tabetic

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

    Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh

  • This patient was tabetic and sustained a spontaneous fracture of the femur.

    A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various

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

    Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles