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cachexia
- /kəˈkɛksɪə/ UK
- /kæˈkɛksɪə/ UK
- /kəˈkɛksiə/ US
Where it comes from
From Late Latin cachexia or French cachexie, from Ancient Greek καχεξία (kakhexía), from κακός (kakós, “bad; injurious”) + ἕξῐς (héxĭs, “act of having; habit or state of body”) (ultimately from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”)) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, suffix added to adjectives to form abstract nouns).
noun cachexias · cachexiae
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A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
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Talk about this word "cachexia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cachexia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cachexia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cachexia "cachexia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cachexia.Cite this
@misc{cachexia_2026,
title = {cachexia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cachexia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
