| NOUN | state | cachexia, cachexy, wasting | any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease |
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| Meaning | Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease. | |
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| Synonyms | cachexy, wasting | |
| Broader | infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism | The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) |
| Spanish | caquexia | |
| Catalan | caquèxia | |
| Adjectives | cachectic | relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia |
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