HyperDic: cachexia

English > 1 sense of the word cachexia:
NOUNstatecachexia, cachexy, wastingany general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
English > cachexia: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAny general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.
Synonymscachexy, wasting
Broaderinfirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianismThe state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Spanishcaquexia
Catalancaquèxia
Adjectivescachecticrelating to or having the symptoms of cachexia

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