cachexia
Syllables: ca·che·xia/kəˈkɛksɪə/US/kəˈkɛksiə/
cachexia noun: a systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
Noun
cachexia (countable and uncountable, plural cachexias or cachexiae)
- A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
- An handful of the Leavs or Roots [of garden succory] boyled in Wine or Water, and a draught thereof drunk faſting, […] helpeth the yellow Jaundice, the Heat of the Reins and of the Urin, and the Dropſie also, and thoſe that have an evil Diſpoſition in their Bodies by reaſon of long ſickneſs, evil...1652, Nich[olas] Culpeper, “Succory”, in The English Physitian: Or An Astrologo-physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of This Nation. […], London: […] Peter Cole, […], →OCLC, pages 223–224
- [T]he intimate nature of cachexia is a deterioration in the qualities of blood, a favourite doctrine with the humoral pathologists, in support of which many very powerful arguments might still be adduced.1830, George Gregory, Daniel L. M. Peixotto, “Cachexia and Scurvy”, in Elements of the Theory and Practice of Physic, […], 1st New York edition, New York, N.Y.: Published by M. Sherman, →OCLC, page...
- Synonyms:
- cachexy
cachexia meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Persian
cachexia in Tamil
- உடல் உணவுச்சத்தை ஏற்காத நிலை, உடல் மெலிவுச் சீர்கேடு, உடல் நலமின்மை, உடல் மிக மெலிவு
cachexia in Tagalog
- systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease
- pamamayat
cachexia in Arabic
- systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease
- متلازمة الهزال
cachexia in Persian
- systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease
- نزاری
More languagesFewer languages
- cachexia in Thai
- ภาวะผอมหนังหุ้มกระดูก
Examples of cachexia in a sentence
- Cancer cachexia is a complex metabolic process, due to both host and tumor factors, which results in excess catabolism as well as aberrant fat and carbohydrate metabolism.2007, Toby C. Campbell, Jamie H. Von Roenn, “Anorexia/Weight Loss”, in Ann M. Berger, John L. Shuster, Jr., Jamie H. Von Roenn, editors...
- Cancer cachexia is a complex syndrome clinically manifest by progressive involuntary weight loss and diminished food intake and characterized by a variety of biochemical alterations.2007, Lawrence E. Harrison, “Nutritional Support for the Cancer Patient”, in Alfred E. Chang, Patricia A. Ganz, Daniel F. Hayes, Timothy...
- Preoperative nutritional therapy in CHF [congestive heart failure] patients with cachexia is associated with improved postoperative survival rates.2008, Roopa Vemulapalli, Jennifer Tomesko, “Cardiothoracic Nutrition”, in Mary Marian, Mary Russell, Scott A[lan] Shikora, Clinical...
- While sarcopenia occurs very commonly with aging, cachexia occurs mainly in association with acute or chronic disease.2009, Connie Watkins Bales, Christine Seel Ritchie, “Redefining Nutritional Frailty: Interventions for Weight Loss Due to Undernutrition”...
Synonyms of cachexia
Forms of cachexia
| plural | cachexias |
|---|---|
| plural | cachexiae |
Origin of cachexia
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).
Words formed from cachexia
Questions about cachexia
- What does cachexia mean?
- Cachexia means a systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
- What is cachexia in Tamil?
- Cachexia in Tamil is உடல் உணவுச்சத்தை ஏற்காத நிலை, உடல் மெலிவுச் சீர்கேடு, உடல் நலமின்மை. See Cachexia meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use cachexia in a sentence?
- Cancer cachexia is a complex metabolic process, due to both host and tumor factors, which results in excess catabolism as well as aberrant fat and carbohydrate metabolism.
- What part of speech is cachexia?
- Cachexia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cachexia?
- Cachexia is pronounced /kəˈkɛksɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cachexia?
- The plural of cachexia is cachexias.
Words near cachexia in the dictionary
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