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Latin. n. Wasting away, decay, putrefaction, fluid resulting from corruption or decay.

 - n. (Med.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms. Tabes dorsalis, locomotor ataxia; - sometimes called simply tabes.

 - Tabes mesenterica, a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration.