cachexia

cachexia
cachectic /keuh kek"tik/, cachectical, cachexic, adj.
/keuh kek"see euh/, n. Pathol.
general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.
Also, cachexy /keuh kek"see/.
[1535-45; < LL < Gk, equiv. to kak(ós) bad + héx(is) condition (hek-, var. s. of échein to have + -sis -SIS) + -ia -IA]

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