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Cachexia
Cachexia meaning
A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
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Example sentences (2)
International forensics experts several years ago rejected the official cause of death as cachexia, or weakness and wasting of the body due to chronic illness — in this case cancer.
But up to four in five of people with advanced cancer develop some degree of cachexia, the charity explained.