tabes

ta·bes  (tbz)

n. pl. tabes

1. Progressive bodily wasting or emaciation.

2. Tabes dorsalis.

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[Latin tbs.]

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ta·betic (t-btk) adj.

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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

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tabes

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

See also: Body, Human

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Noun

1.

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