(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:18:07

Ca*chex"i*a (?), Ca*chex"y (?), n. [L. cachexia, Gr. ; bad + condition.]

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).

 

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