cachexia

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(Anglès)

A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.

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/kəˈkɛksɪə/

From Late Latin cachexia or French cachexie, from Ancient Greek καχεξία (kakhexía), from κακός (kakós, “bad; injurious”) + ἕξῐς (héxĭs, “act of having; habit or state of body”) (ultimately from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”)) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, suffix added to adjectives to form abstract nouns).