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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