cachexia noun.
[kǝ'kɛksɪǝ] Also Anglicized as cachexy
[-'kɛksi].
M16.[French cachexie or late Latin cachexia from Greek kakhexia, from kakos bad + hexis habit: see -IA1.]1. Medicine. A condition of weakness and wasting due to severe chronic illness.
M16.2. A bad mental condition; a state of depravity.
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