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cachexia
[ kuh-kek-see-uh ]
noun
- general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.
cachexia
/ kəˈkɛktɪk; kəˈkɛksɪ; kəˈkɛksɪə /
noun
- a generally weakened condition of body or mind resulting from any debilitating chronic disease
cachexia
/ kə-kĕk′sē-ə /
- 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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Derived Forms
- cachectic, adjective
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Other Words From
- ca·chec·tic [k, uh, -, kek, -tik], ca·checti·cal ca·chexic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cachexia1
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Example Sentences
He was of that peculiar temperament which indicates a scrofulous cachexia.
The Cachexia Africana, like other spanœmic states of the system, may run into Phthisis, or become complicated with it.
The enlarged spleen of repeated agues, or of the malarial cachexia, is commonly known as the ague-cake.
Malaria, if severe, may interrupt gestation through fever or cachexia.
Clinically it is recognized by the occurrence after pregnancy of violent haemorrhages, progressive cachexia and fever with rigors.
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