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cachexia

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cachexia /kəˈkɛksiə /
noun [mass noun] Medicine weakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic illness.
– ORIGIN mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek kakhexia, from kakos bad + hexis habit.
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