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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cachexia \Ca*chex"i*a\, Cachexy \Ca*chex"y\, n. [L. cachexia,
Gr kachexi`a; kako`s bad + "e`xis condition.]
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).
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cachexy
n : any general wasting of body and mind resulting from any
debilitating chronic disease [syn: {cachexia}]
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