tabes
pronunciation
How to pronounce tabes in British English:
UK ['teɪbi:z]
How to pronounce tabes in American English:
US ['teɪbiz]
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- Noun:
- wasting of the body during a chronic disease
Word Origin
- tabes (n.)
- "emaciation," 1650s, medical Latin, from Latin tabes "a melting, wasting away, putrefaction," from tabere "to melt, waste away, be consumed," from PIE *ta- "to melt, dissolve" (see thaw (v.)).