tabes

Meaning

1. (declension-3) 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)
2. (declension-3) decay, putrefaction
3. (declension-3) foulness, stench
4. (declension-3, figuratively) moral corruption
5. (declension-3) fluid from a wound
6. (declension-3) a fluid that results from melting or dissolving

Concepts

phthisis

Synonyms

phthisis

Translations

Auszehrung

Schwindsucht

phtisie

tering

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈtaː.beːs]

Etymology

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.