wasting; shrivelling
• (a.) Withering, or wasting away.
Characteristic of tabes. ... Origin: L. Tabesco, to waste away, fr. Tabes, a wasting away ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(tә-bes´әnt) wasting away; see wasting.
Ta·bes'cent adjective [ Latin tabescens wasting, present participle of tabescere .] Withering, or wasting away. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: ta-bes′ĕnt Definitions: 1. Characteristic of tabes.
tabescent 1. Wasting away. 2. Characteristic of tabes.