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Tabes


Ta′bes

(tā′bēz)
,
Noun.
[L., a wasting disease.]
(Med.)
Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.
Tabes dorsalis
(tā′bēz dôr-sā′lĭs)
[NL., tabes of the back]
,
locomotor ataxia; – sometimes called simply tabes.
– ‖
Tabes mesenterica
[NL., mesenteric tabes]
,
a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration.

Definition 2024


tabes

tabes

English

Noun

tabes (plural tabes)

  1. (medicine) A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂w- (to melt). Cognate with Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō), Old English þāwian (to thaw). More at thaw.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtaː.bes/, [ˈtaː.bɛs]

Noun

tābes f (genitive tābis); third declension

  1. melting, dwindling, consumption, corruption, putrefaction
  2. wasting disease

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tābes tābēs
genitive tābis tābium
dative tābī tābibus
accusative tābem
tābim
tābēs
tābīs
ablative tābe
tābī
tābibus
vocative tābes tābēs

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Volapük

Noun

tabes

  1. dative plural of tab