tabes.
the act of wasting away (due to a disease or by other means: especially of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord subserving positional sense in the legs in untreated syphilis)
Meaning & usage
the act of wasting away (due to a disease or by other means: especially of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord subserving positional sense in the legs in untreated syphilis)
decay, putrefaction
foulness, stench
moral corruption
fluid from a wound
a fluid that results from melting or dissolving
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”). Cognates include Sanskrit तोय (toya, “water”), Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”), τῖφος (tîphos, “pond, swamp”), Russian та́ять (tájatʹ, “to melt, to thaw”), Old English þawian and English thaw.
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