Tabes /(tā"bēz)/

Ta·bes

Tabes

n.
  1. 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.