Cachexia

Cachexia
Physical wasting with loss of weight and muscle mass caused by disease. Patients with cancer, AIDS, or other major chronic diseases may appear cachetic.
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A general weight loss and wasting occurring in the course of a chronic disease or emotional disturbance. [G. kakos, bad, + hexis, condition of body]
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ca·chex·ia kə-'kek-sē-ə, ka- also ca·chexy kə-'kek-sē, ka-; 'kak-.ek- n, pl -chex·ias also -chex·ies general physical wasting and malnutrition usu. associated with chronic disease

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n.
a condition of abnormally low weight, weakness, and general bodily decline associated with chronic disease. It occurs in such conditions as cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis, and malaria.

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ca·chex·ia (kə-kekґse-ə) [cac- + Gr. hexis habit + -ia] a profound and marked state of constitutional disorder; general ill health and malnutrition. cachectic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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