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Webster 1913 Edition

Tabefaction

Tabˊe-fac′tion

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Noun.

[See

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A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tabefaction

TABEFAC'TION

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Noun.

[L. tabeo, to waste, and facio, to make. See Tabefy.] A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.

Definition 2024

tabefaction

tabefaction

English

Noun

tabefaction ‎(plural tabefactions)

(archaic) A gradual loss of flesh due to disease.

References

tabefaction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913