\Ta"bes\, n. [L., a wasting disease.] (Med.)
Progressive emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic
fever, with no well-marked logical symptoms.
{Tabes dorsalis}[NL., tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia;
   -- sometimes called simply tabes.
{Tabes mesenterica}[NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease
   of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the
   lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous
   degeneration.