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tabescent

[tuh-bes-uhnt]

adjective

wasting away; becoming emaciated or consumed.

Origin:
1885–90; < Latin tābēscent- (stem of tābēscēns), present participle of tābēscere to waste away. See tabes, -escent

Related forms

ta·bes·cence, noun

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tabescent (təˈbɛs^ənt)

—*adj*
1.	progressively emaciating; wasting away
2.	of, relating to, or having tabes

[C19: from Latin tābēscere, from tabes]

ta'bescence

—n

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