tabes

[ tey-beez ]
/ ˈteɪ biz /
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noun Pathology.

a gradually progressive emaciation.
tabes dorsalis.

Origin of tabes

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

Words nearby tabes

taber, tabernacle, tabernacle frame, tabernacle mirror, tabernacles, tabes, tabes dorsalis, tabes mesenterica, tabescent, tabetic, tabetic arthropathy

Words related to tabes

attenuation, consumption, withering, thinness, malnutrition, atrophy, starvation, anorexia, wasting, marasmus, haggardness

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British Dictionary definitions for tabes

tabes
/ (ˈteɪbiːz) /

noun plural tabes

a wasting of a bodily organ or part
short for tabes dorsalis

Derived forms of tabes

tabetic (təˈbɛtɪk), adjective

Word Origin for tabes

C17: from Latin: a wasting away

Medical definitions for tabes

tabes
[ tā′bēz ]

n. pl. tabes

Progressive bodily wasting or emaciation.
Tabes dorsalis.

Other words from tabes

ta•bes′cence (tə-bĕs′əns) n. ta•bes′cent adj. ta•bet′ic (tə-bĕt′ĭk) adj.