01 n. Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.
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Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.(Med.)
Phrases & compounds
Tabes dorsalis —
locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called simply tabes.
Tabes mesenterica —
a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration.