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cachexia

English

Etymology

From Late Latin cachexia or French cachexie, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kakhexía), from ????? (kakós, bad; injurious) + ???? (héxis, act of having; habit or state of body) (ultimately from ??? (ékh?, to have)) + -?? (-ia, suffix added to adjectives to form abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??k?ks??/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /k??k?ksi?/
  • Hyphenation: ca?che?xia

Noun

cachexia (countable and uncountable, plural cachexias or cachexiae)

  1. (pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease. [from mid 16th c.]
    Synonym: cachexy

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Further reading

  • cachexia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • cachexia at OneLook Dictionary Search

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cachexin

English

Noun

cachexin (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of cachectin

cachexin From the web:

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