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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)
- (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
Derived terms
Translations
Notes
References
Further reading
- cachexia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- cachexia at OneLook Dictionary Search
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weakness
English
Alternative forms
- weakenes (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English weykenesse; equivalent to weak +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wi?k.n?s/
Noun
weakness (countable and uncountable, plural weaknesses)
- (uncountable) The condition of being weak.
- (countable) An inadequate quality; fault
- (countable) A special fondness or desire.
Synonyms
- (condition of being weak): frailty, powerlessness, vincibility, vulnerability
- (fault): fault, defect, flaw, hole
Antonyms
- (condition of being weak): strength, durability, invincibility, powerfulness
- (fault): strength, forte
Translations
Further reading
- weakness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- weakness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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