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Tabes
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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.
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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)
- (medicine) A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.
Derived terms
- tabes dorsalis
- tabes mesenterica
- tabid
Anagrams
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
Inflection
Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī 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 |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- tabes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tabes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tabes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.