cachexia
[kuh-kek-see-uh]
- general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.
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Also ca·chex·y [kuh-kek-see] /kəˈkɛk si/
Origin of cachexia
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cachexia
cachexy (kəˈkɛksɪ)
- a generally weakened condition of body or mind resulting from any debilitating chronic disease
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Word Origin
C16: from Late Latin from Greek kakhexia, from kakos bad + hexis condition, habit
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cachexia
n.
"bad general state of health," 1540s, from Latinized form of Greek kakhexia "bad habits," from kakos "bad" (see caco-) + -exia, related to exis "habit or state," from exein "to have, be in a condition," from PIE root *segh- "to hold, hold in one's power, to have" (see scheme (n.)). Related: cachexic.
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cachexia
(kə-kĕk′sē-ə)- Weight loss, wasting of muscle, loss of appetite, and general debility that can occur during a chronic disease.
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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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