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Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
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cachexy
Word definitions for cachexy in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cachexia \Ca*chex"i*a\, Cachexy \Ca*chex"y\, n. [L. cachexia, Gr. kachexi`a; kako`s bad + "e`xis condition.] 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine archaic English) cachexia.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n : any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease [syn: cachexia , wasting ]
Usage examples of cachexy.
That is to say except in a very few cases of vicious cachexy, where it was only done to please the relations.