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2 definitions found 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]: cachexia n : any general wasting of body and mind resulting from any debilitating chronic disease [syn: {cachexy}]
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