tabes /ta·bes/ (ta´bēz)
1. wasting of the body or a part of it.
2. t. dorsalis.
tabes dorsa´lis parenchymatous neurosyphilis marked by degeneration of the posterior columns and posterior roots and ganglion of the spinal cord, with muscular incoordination, paroxysms of intense pain, visceral crises, disturbances of sensation, and various trophic disturbances, especially of bones and joints.
tabes mesente´rica tuberculosis of mesenteric glands in children.
tabes mes·en·ter·i·ca (m z n-tr  -k )n. Tuberculosis of the mesenteric and retroperitoneal lymph nodes. |
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