单词 | cachexia |
释义 | cachexia/kəˈkɛksɪə /noun [mass noun] Medicine Weakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic illness.This age discrepancy occurred despite a lower prevalence of arteriosclerosis, cachexia, and hepatitis B in women and no significant differences in the frequencies of other infectious diseases....
OriginMid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek kakhexia, from kakos 'bad' + hexis 'habit'. |
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