General physical wasting with loss of weight and muscle mass due to a disease. Also known as marasmus.

Loss of body weight and muscle mass, and weakness that may occur in patients with cancer, AIDS, or other chronic diseases.

extreme loss of weight and body wasting associated with serious illness.

"bad general state of health," 1540s, from Latinized form of Greek kakhexia "bad habits," from kakos "bad" (see caco-) + -exia, related to exis "habit or state," [..]

Loss of appetite and weight. 

General ill health and malnutrition, marked by weakness and emaciation, usually associated with serious disease.

n. a constitutional disorder marked by extreme weight loss and physical wasting away of muscle. It is often accompanied by malnutrition and poor state of health. A debilitating condition, it is associ [..]

State of extreme poor health, casuing wasting away associated with a chronic disease or illness.

wasting away (pop)

Malnutrition and wasting due to illness.

(n) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

  A general weight loss occuring due to severe disease or emotional disturbance.

A generally weakened, emaciated condition of the body.

General lack of nutrition or wasting that occurs in the course of some cancer cases.

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Loss of body weight and muscle mass, and weakness that may occur in patients with cancer, AIDS, or other chronic diseases.

Definition: (ka-KEK-see-uh) The loss of body weight and muscle mass frequently seen in patients with advanced diseases.

Cachexia is loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness and significant loss of appetite in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight. It is simply the physical wasting with loss of weig [..]

General ill Health, Malnutrition, and Weight Loss, usually associated with Chronic Disease.

Physical wasting (loss of body weight and muscle mass) frequently associated with chronic disease, such as cancer or AIDS.

General ill health, malnutrition, and weight loss, usually associated with chronic disease.

Loss of body weight and muscle mass, and weakness that may occur in patients with cancer, AIDS, or other chronic diseases.

A profound and marked state of constitutional disorder, general ill health and malnutrition.

(medicine,pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease. * '''2007''', Lawrence E. Harrison, ''84: Nutritional Support for the [..]