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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It must be used with great care not to exhaust the patient, but this is true also in tabes.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
This is one of the first symptoms of tabes.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina
Laryngeal crises of tabes might, because of their sudden onset, be thought due to foreign body.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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)
In certain diseases, especially tabes, the pupils do not respond to light stimuli, but accommodate themselves to objects.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina
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