cachexia, cachexy, wasting
(noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cachexia (countable and uncountable, plural cachexias or cachexiae)
(pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease. [from mid 16th c.]
Synonym: cachexy
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*chex"i*a, Ca*chex"y, n. Etym: [L. cachexia, Gr.
Definition: A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 January 2025
(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
