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tabes

Progressive wasting or emaciation. [L. a wasting away]

- t. infantum t. in infants with congenital syphilis.

- t. mesenterica tuberculosis of the mesenteric and retroperitoneal lymph node s.

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ta·bes 'tā-(.)bēz n, pl tabes

1) wasting accompanying a chronic disease

2) TABES DORSALIS

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ta·bes (taґbēz) [L. “wasting away, decay, melting”] 1. wasting of the body or a part of it. 2. t. dorsalis.

Medical dictionary. 2011.