Cachexia

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  • noun. Weight loss, wasting of muscle, loss of appetite, and general debility that can occur during a chronic disease.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as cachexy.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease
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  • noun. any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
    • Word Usage
    "The syndrome called cachexia is responsible for between one-fifth and one-third of all cancer deaths."
    Equivalent
    cachexy  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    debility  feebleness  frailness  frailty  infirmity  
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