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Dictionary: ta·bes   (tā'bēz) pronunciation
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n., pl., tabes.
  1. Progressive bodily wasting or emaciation.
  2. Tabes dorsalis.

[Latin tābēs.]

tabetic ta·bet'ic (tə-bĕt'ĭk) adj.

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A gradual, progressive wasting of the body in any chronic disease.

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(tā'bēz)
n., pl. tabes.
  1. Progressive bodily wasting or emaciation.
  2. Tabes dorsalis.
ta·bes'cence (tə-bĕs'əns) n.
ta·bes'cent adj.
ta·bet'ic (tə-bĕt'ĭk) adj.
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Any wasting of the body; progressive atrophy of the body or a part of it.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: wasting of the body during a chronic disease

 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Dental Dictionary. Mosby's Dental Dictionary. Copyright © 2004 by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more