CACHEXY

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


Noun

cachexy (countable and uncountable, plural cachexies)

(medicine, archaic) Cachexia.

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



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