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ca·chex·i·a

[kuh-kek-see-uh]
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; < Late Latin < Greek, equivalent to kak(ós) bad + héx(is) condition (hek-, variant stem of échein to have + -sis -sis) + -ia -ia

ca·chec·tic [kuh-kek-tik] , ca·chec·ti·cal, ca·chex·ic, adjective
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cachexia or cachexy (kəˈkɛksɪə, kəˈkɛksɪ)
 
n
a generally weakened condition of body or mind resulting from any debilitating chronic disease
 
[C16: from Late Latin from Greek kakhexia, from kakos bad + hexis condition, habit]
 
cachexy or cachexy
 
n
 
[C16: from Late Latin from Greek kakhexia, from kakos bad + hexis condition, habit]
 
cachectic or cachexy
 
adj

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cachexia
"bad general state of health," 1540s, from Mod.L. cachexia, from Gk. kakhexia "bad habits," from kakos "bad" + -exia, related to exis "habit or state," from exein "to have, be in a condition," from PIE base *segh- "to hold, hold in one's power, to have" (see scheme). Related: cachexic.
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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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cachexia   (kə-kěk'sē-ə)  Pronunciation Key 
Severe weight loss, anorexia, and general debility that occur as a result of chronic disease. Cachetic patients exhibit signs of malnutrition, including muscle wasting.
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