cachexia (redirected from cachexia hypopituitary)

ca·chex·i·a  (k-kks-)

n.

Weight loss, wasting of muscle, loss of appetite, and general debility that can occur during a chronic disease.

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[Late Latin, from Greek kakhexi : kako-, caco- + hexis, condition (from ekhein, to have; see segh- in Indo-European roots).]

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cachexia  (k-kks-)

Severe weight loss, anorexia, and general debility that occur as a result of chronic disease. Cachetic patients exhibit signs of malnutrition, including muscle wasting.

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cachexia, cachexy

general physical or mental poor health; weakness or malnutrition.

See also: Health

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cachexia - any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease cachexy, wasting debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism - the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)