tabes

• n. 消瘦；脊髓痨；消耗

来自拉丁语 tabes,融化，来自拉丁语 tabere,融化，来自 PIE*ta,融化，词源同 thaw.引申词义 消耗，消瘦。

tabes (n.)

"emaciation," 1650s, medical Latin, from Latin tabes "a melting, wasting away, putrefaction," from tabere "to melt, waste away, be consumed," from PIE *ta- "to melt, dissolve" (see thaw (v.)).