See Also: tabes(medicine)
tabes(dictionary)
Tabes dorsalis(medicine)
neurosyphilis, tabes(medicine)
peripheral tabes(medicine)
tabes ergotica(medicine)
tabes spasmodica(medicine)
tabes spinalis(medicine)
Abadie's sign of tabes dorsalis(medicine)

tabes (iou)



tabes noun. L16.
[Latin = wasting away.]
1. Medicine. Slow progressive emaciation of the body or its parts. Now rare exc. in mod. Latin names of particular conditions. L16.
tabes dorsalis tuberculosis of the mesenteric lymph nodes.
2. Decay of trees or other plants caused by disease or injury. rare. M19.
tabetic adjective & noun (a) adjective of, pertaining to, or affected with tabes (now usu. spec., tabes dorsalis); (b) noun a person affected with tabes (dorsalis): M19.