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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Cachexia is a complex and multi-organ syndrome that is associated with cancer and affects quality of life. It is characterized by progressive and often severe weight loss, mainly due to the loss of skeletal muscle and, often, fat tissue.
Clues to why the weight-loss condition cachexia arises when cancer occurs Kerstin Haase 2025
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