Tabefaction

[,tæbi'fækʃәn]

Definition

(n.) A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Emaciation (by tabes), wasting away.

Checker: Zachariah

Definition

n. a wasting away from disease.—v.t. Tab′efy to emaciate.—v.i. to lose flesh to waste away.—ns. Tā′bes a gradual wasting away; Tabes′cence.—adjs. Tabes′cent; Tabet′ic; Tab′ic; Tab′id.—adv. Tab′idly.—n. Tab′idness.—adj. Tabif′ic causing tabes.—n. Tab′itude state of one affected with tabes.—Tabes dorsalis the same as locomotor ataxia.

Editor: Stacy