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"The people on my operating table were undernourished. A lot of them were cachectic," she said, referring to people experiencing extreme weight loss and muscle wasting.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2024

Relative to healthy mice, lactate was the most highly elevated metabolite in the cachectic mice.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 2, 2024

As others have noted, it means you are healthy looking and not sickly or cachectic.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2010

This form of irregular pock has not been seen by the writer of late years, but before animal vaccination came into general use he met with it frequently, mostly in cachectic children.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

One of the most protracted cases is that recorded by Bollinger of a veterinarian who, after an eleven years' illness, recovered with cicatricial contraction of the nose and larynx and a decided cachectic appearance.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various