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cachexia
[ kuh-kek-see-uh ]
noun
, Pathology.
- general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.
cachexia
/ kəˈkɛksɪə; kəˈkɛksɪ; kəˈkɛktɪk /
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
C16: from Late Latin from Greek kakhexia, from kakos bad + hexis condition, habit
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Example Sentences
He was of that peculiar temperament which indicates a scrofulous cachexia.
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The Cachexia Africana, like other spanœmic states of the system, may run into Phthisis, or become complicated with it.
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The enlarged spleen of repeated agues, or of the malarial cachexia, is commonly known as the ague-cake.
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Malaria, if severe, may interrupt gestation through fever or cachexia.
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Clinically it is recognized by the occurrence after pregnancy of violent haemorrhages, progressive cachexia and fever with rigors.
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