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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CACHEXIA; CACHEXY

Ca *chex "i *a, Ca *chex "y, n. Etym: [L. cachexia, Gr.

 

Defn: A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cachexia

ca chex i a |kəˈkeksēə kəˈkɛksiə | ▶noun Medicine weakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic illness. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek kakhexia, from kakos ‘bad ’ + hexis ‘habit. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

cachexia

cachexia |kəˈkɛksɪə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Medicine weakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic illness. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek kakhexia, from kakos ‘bad ’ + hexis ‘habit ’.