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cachectic

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ca·chec·tic  (k-kktk)
adj.
Affected by or relating to cachexia.

[French cachectique, from Latin cachecticus, from Greek kakhektikos, from kakhexi, bad condition of the body; see cachexia.]
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Adj.1.cachectic - relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia


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The animal became progressively more debilitated and cachectic until he disappeared from the study site in April 1999.
They found that the energy expenditure for physical activity was lower in the subjects with CHF ([bar]X=269 kcal/d [SD=307] in those who were cachectic and [bar]X=416 kcal/d [SD=361] in those who were noncachectic) than in the comparison subjects ([bar]X= 728 kcal/d, SD = 374).
 
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