TABETIC

Adjective

tabetic (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to tabes.

Noun

tabetic (plural tabetics)

(medicine, psychiatry, dated) A person who has tabes.

(medicine, psychiatry, dated) (often, more specifically) A person who has syphilitic tabes dorsalis; a person with advanced syphilis including neurosyphilis.

Source: Wiktionary


Ta*bet"ic, a. (Med.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid. -- n.

Definition: One affected with tabes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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