tabetic

[ tuh-bet-ik ]

adjective

1. Also tab·id [] pertaining to or affected with tabes.

noun

1. a person affected with tabes.

Other Words From

• postta·betic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabetic¹

tabe(s) + -tic

Example Sentences

There is none of the distress caused by true an�sthesia, as, for instance, by the "tabetic mask," or insensibility of part of the face, which sometimes occurs in tabes dorsalis.

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A German professor wished to demonstrate to his class the varying inco-ordination of a series of tabetic patients.

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True tabetic crises yield more readily to ordinary anodyne drugs than do these pseudo-crises.

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Various types are met with; they are known according to their cause, as static, congenital, traumatic, paralytic, rachitic, rheumatic, arthritic, gonorrhœal, and tabetic.

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The freedom with which a tabetic patient will allow his disorganised joint to be handled requires to be seen to be appreciated.

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