adj.
Progressively wasting away.
[Latin tābēscēns, tābēscent-, present participle of tābēscere, to waste away, from tābēs, a wasting away.]
tabescence ta·bes'cence n.
tabescent
Dictionary:
ta·bes·cent (tə-bĕs'ənt) 
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adj.
Progressively wasting away.
Veterinary Dictionary:
tabescent |
Growing emaciated; wasting away.
Obscure Words:
tabescent |
[fr. L. tabes, a wasting away] progressively wasting away
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