tabes

ta·bes

 (tā′bēz)

n. pl. tabes

1. Progressive bodily wasting or emaciation.

2. Tabes dorsalis.

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[Latin tābēs.]

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ta·bet′ic (tə-bĕt′ĭk) adj.

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tabes

(ˈteɪbiːz)

n, pl tabes

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

2. (Pathology) short for tabes dorsalis

[C17: from Latin: a wasting away]

tabetic adj

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ta•bes

(ˈteɪ biz)

n.

1. a gradually progressive emaciation.

2. tabes dorsalis.

[1645–55; < Latin tābēs wasting, decay, akin to tābēre to waste away]

ta•bet•ic (təˈbɛt ɪk) adj., n.

tab•id (ˈtæb ɪd) adj.

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tabes

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

See also: Body, Human

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Thesaurus

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

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Translations

ta·bes

n. tabes, deterioro progresivo del organismo o de una parte del mismo debido a una enfermedad crónica.

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