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cachectical

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ca⋅chex⋅i⋅a

  [kuh-kek-see-uh]
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–noun Pathology.
general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.
Also, ca⋅chex⋅y  [kuh-kek-see]

Origin:
1535–45; < LL < Gk, equiv. to kak(ós) bad + héx(is) condition (hek-, var. s. of échein to have + -sis -sis ) + -ia -ia

Related forms:
ca⋅chec⋅tic  [kuh-kek-tik] , ca⋅chec⋅ti⋅cal, ca⋅chex⋅ic, adjective
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Main Entry: ca·chex·ia
Pronunciation: k&-'kek-sE-&, ka-
Variant: also ca·chexy /k&-'kek-sE, ka-; 'kak-"ek-/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -chex·ias also -chex·ies
: general physical wasting and malnutrition usually associated withchronic disease
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cachexia ca·chex·i·a (kə-kěk'sē-ə)
n.
Weight loss, wasting of muscle, loss of appetite, and general debility that can occur during a chronic disease.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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