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Definition of tabes in English:

tabes

noun

Medicine

  • Emaciation.

    See also tabes dorsalis

    ‘If no other symptoms of tabes can be found, it is an eye lesion.’
    • ‘The average duration of tabes can be placed at from 10 to 20 years.’

Pronunciation

tabes

/ˈtāˌbēz/ /ˈteɪˌbiz/

Origin

Late 16th century from Latin, literally ‘wasting away’.