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cachexia

[ kuh-kek-see-uh ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.


cachexia

/ kəˈkɛksɪə; kəˈkɛksɪ; kəˈkɛktɪk /

noun

  1. a generally weakened condition of body or mind resulting from any debilitating chronic disease
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cachexia

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  1. 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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Derived Forms

  • cachectic, adjective
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  • ³¦²¹Â·³¦³ó±ð³¦Â·³Ù¾±³¦ [k, uh, -, kek, -tik], ³¦²¹Â·³¦³ó±ð³¦î€ƒt¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô ³¦²¹Â·³¦³ó±ð³æi³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cachexia1

1535–45; < Late Latin < Greek, equivalent to kak ( ó²õ ) bad + ³óé³æ ( is ) condition ( hek-, variant stem of 鳦³ó±ð¾±²Ô to have + -sis -sis ) + -ia -ia
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cachexia1

C16: from Late Latin from Greek kakhexia, from kakos bad + hexis condition, habit
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Example Sentences

"This discovery could have implications for cancer patients who experience cachexia, or muscle wasting due to the disease and its treatments."

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Even if cachexia doesn’t directly kill a patient, it makes them sicker, weaker, and less able to tolerate chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

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Several years earlier, other international forensics experts had already rejected the official cause of death as cachexia, or weakness and wasting of the body due to chronic illness — in his case, cancer.

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He had been suffering from prostate cancer and his death certificate said he died of "cancerous cachexia" - a wasting away caused by the disease.

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It found inmates were "significantly malnourished" and dealing with a condition called cachexia, also known as wasting syndrome.

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