noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   wasting of the body during a chronic disease wordnet
3. 3
   A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.; Tabes dorsalis. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

abscessacquired syphilisagueanemiaankylosisanoxia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tābēs.