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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

cachexia From the web:

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  • what is cachexia anorexia syndrome
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  • what is cachexia or wasting syndrome


emaciation

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

emaciation (countable and uncountable, plural emaciations)

  1. The act of making very lean.
  2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Related terms

  • emaciate

Translations

emaciation From the web:

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  • what causes emaciation
  • what causes emaciation in humans
  • what is emaciation in biology
  • what causes emaciation in cattle
  • what is emaciation
  • what does emaciation definition
  • what does emaciated me
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