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ta⋅bes

[tey-beez]
–noun Pathology.
1. a gradually progressive emaciation.
2. tabes dorsalis.

Origin:
1645–55; < L tābēs wasting, decay, akin to tābēre to waste away
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Main Entry: ta·bes
Pronunciation: 'tA-(")bEz
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural tabes
1 : wasting accompanying achronic disease
2 : TABES DORSALIS
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tabes ta·bes (tā'bēz)
n. pl. tabes

  1. Progressive bodily wasting or emaciation.

  2. Tabes dorsalis.


ta·bes'cence (tə-běs'əns) n.
ta·bes'cent adj.
ta·bet'ic (tə-bět'ĭk) adj.

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