tabes
noun/ˈteɪbiːz/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin tābēs.
1
Medicine, Sciences A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.
2
Medicine, Sciences Tabes dorsalis.
More specifically
- Derived terms
- craniotabes, pseudotabes, tabes dorsalis, tabes mesenterica, tabetiform, tabic, tabid