Etymology

tabes

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Today it means: A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease. Full definition →

Latin tābēs
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromtābēs
  2. English todaytabes

Borrowed from Latin tābēs.

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