Look up: cachexia

1. cachexia
   [n] - any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
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2. Cachexia
   Emaciation (wasting) usually due to cancer malnutrition or malaria
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3. Cachexia
   A state of gross muscle and tissue wasting, fatigue, weakness and debility, which occurs in diseases such as advanced cancer and AIDS
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4. Cachexia
   Cachexia: Physical wasting with loss of weight and muscle mass caused by disease. Patients with advanced cancer, AIDS, and some other major chronic progressive diseases may appear cachectic. Cachexia is a wasting syndrome that causes weakness and a loss of weight, fat, and muscle. Anorexia (lack of ...
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5. Cachexia
   Debility and wasting that can occur during a chronic disease.
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6. cachexia
   <oncology> A profound and marked state of constitutional disorder, general ill health and malnutrition. ... Origin: Gr. Hexis = habit ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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7. cachexia
   cachexy noun any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
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8. cachexia
   (kә-kek´se-ә) a profound and marked state of constitutional disorder; general ill health and malnutrition. adj. cachec´tic., adj. cancer cachexia anorexia-cachexia syndrome in cancer patients. cachexia hypophysiopriva symptoms resulting...
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9. Cachexia
   • (n.) Alt. of Cachexy
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10. cachexia
    (from the article `cancer`) A common systemic effect of malignant tumours, particularly at advanced stages of growth, is body wasting (cachexia), which may appear with loss of ... In the 1990s thalidomide was found to be effective in treating cachexia, the severe weight loss that occurs in patients with diseases such as AIDS, ... [2 ...
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11. cachexia
    (cac- + Gr. hexis habit + -ia) a profound and marked state of constitutional disorder; general ill health and malnutrition.
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12. cachexia
    cachexia, cachexy 1. A state of ill health, malnutrition, and wastng. It may occur in many chronic diseases, certain malignancies, and advanced pulmonary tuberculosis. 2. A general weight loss and wasting occurring in the course of a chronic disease or emotional disturbance. 3. A chronic catabolic s...
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13. Cachexia
    Cachexia (cachexy) is a generally weakened condition of the body or the mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.
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14. cachexia
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kă-kek′sē-ă Definitions: 1. A general weight loss and wasting occurring in the course of a chronic disease or emotional disturbance.
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15. CACHEXIA
    Seriously poor health; malnutrition and wasting.
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16. cachexia
    Loss of body weight and muscle mass, and weakness that may occur in patients with cancer, AIDS, or other chronic diseases.
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