cachexia

ca·chex·i·a

C0009400 (kə-kĕk′sē-ə)n. Weight loss, wasting of muscle, loss of appetite, and general debility that can occur during a chronic disease.

[Late Latin, from Greek kakhexiā : kako-, caco- + hexis, condition (from ekhein, to have; see segh- in Indo-European roots).]

cachexia

(kəˈkɛksɪə) or

cachexy

n (Pathology) a generally weakened condition of body or mind resulting from any debilitating chronic disease[C16: from Late Latin from Greek kakhexia, from kakos bad + hexis condition, habit] cachectic, cachectical, cachexic adj

ca•chex•i•a

(kəˈkɛk si ə)

also ca•chex•y

(-si)

n. general ill health with emaciation, usu. occurring in association with a disease. [1535–45; < Late Latin < Greek, =kak(ós) bad + héx(is) condition] ca•chec′tic (-tɪk) adj.

cachexia, cachexy

general physical or mental poor health; weakness or malnutrition.See also: Health

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Noun

cachexia - any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic diseasecachexy, wastingdebility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism - the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

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Cachexia

cachexia

[ka′kek·sē·ə] (medicine) Weight loss, weakness, and wasting of the body encountered in certain diseases or in terminal illnesses.

Cachexia

a state of profound wasting and physical debility manifested by severe emaciation, weight loss, dry and flabby skin, loss of hair, disappearance of subcutaneous fat, atrophy of muscles and viscera, and low serum protein level. Edema, hemorrhages, and sometimes mental derangement can occur with cachexia. It results from prolonged malnutrition or starvation, severe metabolic disorders, chronic arsenic, lead, mercury, or fluorine poisoning, and severe lesions of the digestive tract (atrophy of the intestinal mucosa, condition after resection of the stomach and intestines). Cachexia may occur in severe cases of tuberculosis or other chronic infections, some lesions of the endocrine glands, (hypophysis, thyroid, adrenals, pancreas), large slow-healing wounds, abscesses, and malignant tumors (especially of the esophagus and stomach).

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cachexia

[kah-kek´se-ah] a profound and marked state of constitutional disorder; general ill health and malnutrition. adj. adj cachec´tic.cachexia hypophysiopri´va symptoms resulting from total loss of pituitary function, including loss of sexual function, bradycardia, hypothermia, apathy, and coma.malarial cachexia the physical signs resulting from antecedent attacks of severe malaria, including anemia, sallow skin, yellow sclera, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, and, in children, retardation of growth and puberty.pituitary cachexia simmonds' disease.

ca·chex·i·a

(kă-kek'sē-ă), A general weight loss and wasting occurring in the course of a chronic disease or emotional disturbance. [G. kakos, bad, + hexis, condition of body]

cachexia

(kə-kĕk′sē-ə)n. Weight loss, wasting of muscle, loss of appetite, and general debility that can occur during a chronic disease.

cachexia

A state of severe weight loss and tissue wasting seconday to underlying disease—e.g., AIDS, terminal cancer, congestive heart failure, COPD, multiple sclerosis, anorexia nervosa, malnutrition, congestive heart failure, tuberculosis, familial amyloid polyneuropathy, mercury poisoning and hormone deficiency.
Clinical findings
Weight loss, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness and anorexia.

Mechanism
Cachexia is attributed to an interplay of TNF-alpha, interferon gamma and interleukin 6, and proteolysis-inducing factor, which is secreted by cancers.
Management
Corticosteroids, progesterone-like agents, selective adrenergic receptor modulators.

cachexia

Clinical medicine A state of severe weight lose and tissue wasting 2º to underlying disease–eg, AIDS, terminal CA, anorexia nervosa, or malnutrition. See Tumor necrosis factor.

ca·chex·i·a

(kă-kek'sē-ă) A general weight loss and wasting occurring in the course of a chronic disease or emotional disturbance. [G. kakos, bad, + hexis, condition of body]

cachexia

A state of severe muscle wasting and weakness occurring in the late stages of serious illnesses such as cancer. The usual condition of bodily decline in those dying after long debilitating illnesses. Cachexia is not due to malnutrition and research findings suggest that an important element in the causation may be selective depletion of the myosin heavy chain in myofibrillary proteins.

Cachexia

A condition of general ill health, malnutrition, undesired weight loss, and physical weakness, often associated with cancer.Mentioned in: Appetite-Enhancing Drugs

ca·chex·i·a

(kă-kek'sē-ă) General weight loss and wasting in the course of a chronic disease or emotional disturbance. [G. kakos, bad, + hexis, condition of body]

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

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