TABESCENT


Meaning of TABESCENT in English

— tabescence , n.

/teuh bes"euhnt/ , adj.

wasting away; becoming emaciated or consumed.

[ 1885-90; tabescent- (s. of tabescens ), prp. of tabescere to waste away. See TABES, -ESCENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .