'Tabes' definitions:
Definition of 'tabes'
(from WordNet)
noun
Wasting of the body during a chronic disease
Definition of 'Tabes'
From: GCIDE
- Tabes \Ta"bes\ (t[=a]"b[=e]z), n. [L., a wasting disease.] (Med.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms. [1913 Webster]
- Tabes dorsalis (t[=a]"b[=e]z d[^o]r*s[=a]"l[i^]s) [NL., tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called simply tabes.
- Tabes mesenterica[NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tabes'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscess,
- acquired syphilis,
- ague,
- anemia,
- ankylosis,
- anoxia,
- apnea,
- asphyxiation,
- asthma,
- ataxia,
- atrophy,
- attenuation,
- backache,
- balanitis gangrenosa,
- bleeding,
- blennorhea,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- cerebral tabes,
- chancre,
- chancroid,
- chill,
- chills,
- clap,
- claps,
- climatic bubo,
- colic,
- congenital syphilis,
- constipation,
- constitutional syphilis,
- convulsion,
- coughing,
- cyanosis,
- diarrhea,
- dizziness,
- dose,
- dose of clap,
- dropsy,
- dysentery,
- dyspepsia,
- dyspnea,
- edema,
- emaceration,
- emaciation,
- fainting,
- fatigue,
- fever,
- fibrillation,
- fifth venereal disease,
- flux,
- French disease,
- general paresis,
- gonorrhea,
- granuloma inguinale,
- granuloma venereum,
- great pox,
- growth,
- hard chancre,
- hemorrhage,
- high blood pressure,
- hydrops,
- hypertension,
- hypotension,
- icterus,
- indigestion,
- inflammation,
- insomnia,
- itching,
- jaundice,
- labored breathing,
- latent syphilis,
- locomotor ataxia,
- low blood pressure,
- lumbago,
- marasmus,
- morbus Gallicus,
- nasal discharge,
- nausea,
- necrosis,
- pain,
- paralysis,
- paralytic dementia,
- paresis,
- pox,
- pruritus,
- pudendal ulcer,
- rash,
- rheum,
- sclerosis,
- seizure,
- shock,
- simple chancre,
- skin eruption,
- sneezing,
- social disease,
- soft chancre,
- sore,
- Spanish pox,
- spasm,
- syph,
- syphilis,
- syphilitic meningoencephalitis,
- tabes dorsales,
- tachycardia,
- tertiary syphilis,
- tropical bubo,
- tumor,
- upset stomach,
- VD,
- venereal disease,
- vertigo,
- vomiting,
- wasting