different between cachexia vs weightloss

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

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weightloss

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Noun

weightloss (uncountable)

Alternative form of weight loss

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different between cachexia vs weightloss

cachexia

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