Barbiers
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Barbiers is a noun meaning (medicine, archaic) A paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast, thought to be a chronic form of beriberi.
Meaning
(medicine, archaic) A paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast, thought to be a chronic form of beriberi.
Example Sentences
The disease has been confounded with the barbiers — a chronic disease in which paralysis, tremors, spasms, contractions of the limbs, and emaciation are the most remarkable symptoms.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include barber, beri-beri, barbitalism, barbiturism, beriberi, plegia.
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