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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cachexia

· Ca·chex·i·a · IPA /kəˈkɛksiə/
01 n. A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as…
  1. 1.
    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).