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tabetic, a. and n.|təˈbɛtɪk|
[irreg. f. L. tābēs, tābi-, on false analogy of words etymologically in -etic, as diabetic.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or affected with tabes or emaciation.
1847Webster, Tabetic, tabid, affected with tabes. 1897J. Hutchinson in Arch. Surg. VIII. No. 31. 232 The patient..has no bladder symptoms, nor any characteristic tabetic pains. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 100, I have met with cases which began with tabetic symptoms and ended in general paralysis.
B. n. One who suffers from tabes.
1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 808 [He] has found the labyrinth and auditory nerve normal in tabetics with defective hearing. Ibid. VII. 110 Tabetics, who did not show Romberg's sign. |