tabes

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/ˈteɪbiːz/

noun

A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.

OriginLatin tābēs →
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Meanings

nountabes (countable and uncountable, plural tabes)
  1. countableuncountablemedicineA kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.
    1. countableuncountablemore specificallymedicineTabes dorsalis.

Origin

  1. Latintābēs
  2. Englishtabes

Borrowed from Latin tābēs.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tabes

rabiesscabiesantirabies
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Anagrams

beastbeatsbatesbasteSabetesbat
Cite this entry
APA

tabes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabes

MLA

“tabes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabes. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tabes,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabes.

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