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tabescent

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ta·bes·cent

   [tuh-bes-uhnt]
–adjective
wasting away; becoming emaciated or consumed.
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Origin:
1885–90; < L tābēscent- (s. of tābēscēns), prp. of tābēscere to waste away. See tabes, -escent

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ta·bes·cence, noun
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tabescent (təˈbɛsənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—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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