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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tabes  \Ta"bes\,  n.  [L.,  a  wasting  disease.]  (Med.) 
  Progressive  emaciation  of  the  body,  accompained  with  hectic 
  fever,  with  no  well-marked  logical  symptoms. 
 
  {Tabes  dorsalis}[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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tabes 
  n  :  wasting  of  the  body  during  a  chronic  disease 




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