Explore Cachexia through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like wasting or infirmity. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cachexia in a sentence
Cachexia meaning
A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
Synonyms of Cachexia
Using Cachexia
- The main meaning on this page is: A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
- Useful related words include: cachexy, wasting, infirmity, frailty.
Context around Cachexia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cachexia
- In this selection, "cachexia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include death as cachexia or weakness and degree of cachexia the charity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cachexia" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cachexia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But up to four in five of people with advanced cancer develop some degree of cachexia, the charity explained. (19 words)
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. (29 words)
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. (29 words)
But up to four in five of people with advanced cancer develop some degree of cachexia, the charity explained. (19 words)
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.