[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tabes \ta"bes\ t=a"b=ez, 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=ez d^ors=a"li^s nl.,
      tabes of the back, locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called
      simply tabes.

   tabes mesentericanl., mesenteric tabes, a wasting disease
      of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the
      lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous
      degeneration.
      1913 webster
see also:
tabes dorsalis tabes mesenterica 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tabes dorsalis
     n : syphilis of the spinal cord characterized by degeneration of
         sensory neurons and stabbing pains in the trunk and legs
         and unsteady gait and incontinence and impotence syn: locomotor
         ataxia
see also:
locomotor ataxia 

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