tabetic ataxia

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• wasting — Synonyms and related words: Sanforizing, abscess, aging, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, attenuation, backache, baneful, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic …   Moby Thesaurus

• 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