cachexia
ca·che·xia
cachexia · cachexias · cachexiae
кахексія
кахексия
Kachexie
A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that…A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
UK/kəˈkɛksɪə/US/kəˈkɛksiə/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
Kachexie
кахекси́яkaxeksíja
кахексіяkaxeksija
More definitions
- any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease:
Русский
By meaning 1
systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease:
Origin
From Late Latin cachexia or French cachexie, from Ancient Greek καχεξία (kakhexía), from κFrom 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).
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Forms
plural: cachexias / cachexiaeSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable