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ta·bes (t

n. pl. tabes

1. Progressive bodily wasting or emaciation.

2. Tabes dorsalis.

[Latin tbs.]

ta·betic (t

-b

k) adj.

tabes [ˈteɪbiːz]

n pl tabes

1. (Medicine / Pathology) a wasting of a bodily organ or part

2. (Medicine / Pathology) short for tabes dorsalis

[from Latin: a wasting away]

tabetic [təˈbɛtɪk] adj

tabes

any disease that wastes the body; atrophy. — tabetic, n., adj.

See also: Body, Human

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Noun

tabes - wasting of the body during a chronic disease

atrophy, wasting away, wasting - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

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