1) Cachexy 2) Debility 3) Feebleness 4) Frailness 5) Frailty 6) Infirmity 7) Wasting
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1) Cachexy 2) Wasting
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Cachexia (ə; from Greek κακός kakos `bad` and ἕξις hexis `condition`) or wasting syndrome is loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness, and significant loss of appetite in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight. The formal definition of cachexia is the loss of body mass that cannot be reversed nutritionally: Even ...
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• (n.) Alt. of Cachexy
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(cac- + Gr. hexis habit + -ia) a profound and marked state of constitutional disorder; general ill health and malnutrition.
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(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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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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<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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(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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Debility and wasting that can occur during a chronic disease.
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Emaciation (wasting) usually due to cancer malnutrition or malaria
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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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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 apppetite) and cachexia often occur together. Cach...
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Cachexia (cachexy) is a generally weakened condition of the body or the mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.
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Seriously poor health; malnutrition and wasting.
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n] - any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
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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 state, associated with certain infections and malig...
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cachexy noun any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
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Very thin, a synonym for emaciation.
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