si noun Pathology.
general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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cachexia or cachexy (kəˈkɛksɪə, kəˈkɛksɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Word Origin & History
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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Medical Dictionary
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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Science Dictionary
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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