Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Weight loss, wasting of muscle, loss of appetite, and general debility that can occur during a chronic disease.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cachexy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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 Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A systemic
wasting of muscletissue , with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies achronic disease
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The syndrome called cachexia is responsible for between one-fifth and one-third of all cancer deaths.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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The syndrome called cachexia is responsible for between one-fifth and one-third of all cancer deaths.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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The syndrome called cachexia is responsible for between one-fifth and one-third of all cancer deaths.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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The syndrome called cachexia is responsible for between one-fifth and one-third of all cancer deaths.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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About half of all cancer patients eventually suffer serious weight loss and malnutrition, a wasting syndrome called cachexia where they don't just lose excess fat but vital muscle.
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The syndrome called cachexia is responsible for between one-fifth and one-third of all cancer deaths.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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I know cigarettes cause cancer, but cancer causes cachexia, which is massive weight loss and appetite loss.
Ali A. Rizvi: The Ultimate 9-Step Guide to Looking Good 2009
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Maxine Lee, 39, died of meningitis, but a wasting syndrome called "cachexia" contributed to the death, according to the death certificate.
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Muscle wasting - called cachexia - is thought to account for about 30 percent of deaths in patients with cancer, but how exactly cachexia is spurred by cancer - or indeed exactly how it leads to a patient's decline - isn't known.
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Ostarine is believed to increase lean body mass and improve muscle strength and performance in post-menopausal women, elderly men and men and women with cancer cachexia, which is body wasting brought on by cancer.
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010
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