TABES

‖Ta″bes (?), n. [] (Med.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic fever, with no well-marked logical 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.