tabescent

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/təˈbɛsənt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tə bes′ənt)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ta•bes•cent  (tə bes′ənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Pathologywasting away;
    becoming emaciated or consumed.
  • Latin tābēscent- (stem of tābēscēns), present participle of tābēscere to waste away. See tabes, -escent
  • 1885–90
ta•bes′cence, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tabescent /təˈbɛsənt/ adj
  1. progressively emaciating; wasting away
  2. of, relating to, or having tabes
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin tābēscere, from tabestaˈbescence n

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