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Definition of: tabes
(tā′bēz) noun Pathol.
1. Emaciation with general languor, progressive atrophy, and hectic fever; a decline.
2. Locomotor ataxia: also tabes dor·sa·lis (dôr·sā′lis). [<L, a wasting away <tabere waste away]
—ta·bes·cence (tə·bes′əns) noun
—ta·bes′cent adjective
—ta·bet′ic (-bet′ik) noun & adjective
—tab·id (tab′id) adjective
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