Definition of cachexy Cachexy
ca•chex•y
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What does cachexy mean?
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| cachexy - any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | ||
| cachexia, wasting | ||
| debility, frailness, infirmity, valetudinarianism, feebleness, frailty the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | ||
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- cachexy (Noun)
Cachexia.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cachexy (n.)
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).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cachexy
ka-kek′si, n. a bad state of body: a depraved habit of mind.—adjs. Cachec′tic, -al. [L.—Gr. kachexia—kakos, bad, hexis, condition.]
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🔤- cachexy, noun, singular of cachexies.
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