tabes

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

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.

Concepts

phthisis

Synonyms

phthisis

Translations

Auszehrung

Schwindsucht

phtisie

tering