What does "graves" mean?
Graves: The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves. GRAVES' DISEASE Graves"' dis*ease". Etym: [So called after Dr. Graves, of Dublin.] Same as Basedow's disease.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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