Associations to the word «Cachexia»

Wiktionary

CACHEXIA, noun. (medicine) (pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.

Dictionary definition

CACHEXIA, noun. Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats