tabescence

tabescence

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  • tabescence — [tabesɑ̃s] n. f. ÉTYM. 1905; du lat. tabescere « se dissoudre », même rad. que tabes. ❖ ♦ Méd., rare. Amaigrissement morbide, consomption, langueur …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • tabescence — /tə besˈəns/ noun 1. Wasting 2. Shrivelling • • • Main Entry: ↑tabes …   Useful english dictionary

  • tabescence — The state of progressive wasting away …   Medical dictionary

  • tabescent — tabescence, n. /teuh bes euhnt/, adj. wasting away; becoming emaciated or consumed. [1885 90; < L tabescent (s. of tabescens), prp. of tabescere to waste away. See TABES, ESCENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • tabescent — adjective Wasting away, or becoming emaciated. See Also: tabescence …   Wiktionary

  • amaigrissement — [ amegrismɑ̃ ] n. m. • v. 1300; de amaigrir ♦ Fait de maigrir, d avoir maigri. « L amaigrissement, la mauvaise mine d Antoine le frappèrent » ( Martin du Gard). Cure d amaigrissement. ⇒ 1. régime. ● amaigrissement nom masculin Diminution… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • tabescenţă — TABESCÉNŢĂ s. f. astenie, epuizare (fizică) extremă. (< engl. tabescence) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • contraction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shrinking Nouns 1. (becoming smaller) contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease; shrinking, shriveling, atrophy, astringency; emaciation, attenuation, consumption, tabescence; abbreviation. See… …   English dictionary for students

  • tabescent — /təˈbɛsənt/ (say tuh besuhnt) adjective wasting away. {Latin tābescens, present participle} –tabescence, noun …  

  • tabes —   n. wasting or emaciation of body or organ.    ♦ tabes dorsalis, n. locomotor ataxia.    ♦ tabetic,    ♦ tabid, a.    ♦ tabescent, a. wasting away.    ♦ tabescence, n …   Dictionary of difficult words

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