barbiers

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See also: Barbiers and barbièrs

English

Noun

barbiers (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, archaic) A paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast, thought to be a chronic form of beriberi.
    • 1868, William Aitken, The science and practice of medicine:
      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.

Dutch

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Noun

barbiers

  1. plural of barbier

French

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Noun

barbiers m

  1. plural of barbier