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TABES

\tˈe͡ɪbz], \tˈe‍ɪbz], \t_ˈeɪ_b_z]\

Definitions of TABES

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Progressive wasting or emaciaton, phthisis; usually signifying tabes dorsalis.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Systematic wasting away.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A wasting away of the body; atrophy; emaciation.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Any wasting disorder, especially locomotor ataxia.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A wasting away, especially atrophy of the muscles; also t. dorsalis.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin] Progressive emaciation of the whole body, accompanied with hectic fever, and with no well-marked local symptoms.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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