cachexia
general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.
Origin of cachexia
1- Also ca·chex·y [kuh-kek-see] /kəˈkɛk si/
Other words from cachexia
- ca·chec·tic [kuh-kek-tik], /kəˈkɛk tɪk/, ca·chec·ti·cal, ca·chex·ic, adjective
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How to use cachexia in a sentence
He was of that peculiar temperament which indicates a scrofulous cachexia.
Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society | Joseph Bradford CoxThe 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.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles CreightonMalaria, if severe, may interrupt gestation through fever or cachexia.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyClinically it is recognized by the occurrence after pregnancy of violent haemorrhages, progressive cachexia and fever with rigors.
British Dictionary definitions for cachexia
cachexy (kəˈkɛksɪ)
/ (kəˈkɛksɪə) /
a generally weakened condition of body or mind resulting from any debilitating chronic disease
Origin of cachexia
1Derived forms of cachexia
- cachectic (kəˈkɛktɪk), adjective
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Scientific definitions for 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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