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
