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Definition of Tabes

1. Noun. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.

Definition of Tabes

1. n. Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.

Definition of Tabes

1. Noun. (medical) A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease. ¹

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Definition of Tabes

1. a syphilitic disease [n TABES]

Medical Definition of Tabes

1. Progressive emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic fever, with no well-marked logical symptoms. Tabes dorsalis [NL, tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia; sometimes called simply tabes. Tabes mesenterica [NL, mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease of childhood characterised by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration. Origin: L, a wasting disease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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