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Definition of Cachexy
1. Noun. Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.
Generic synonyms: Debility, Feebleness, Frailness, Frailty, Infirmity, Valetudinarianism
Derivative terms: Cachectic, Cachectic, Waste
Definition of Cachexy
1. Noun. (medicine archaic) Cachexia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cachexy
1. cachexia [n -CHEXIES] - See also: cachexia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cachexy
Literary usage of Cachexy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"And so, in his lordship's case, he had a seed of a malignant fever in him, which
turned to a malignant cachexy, kindling and burning in the centre of his ..."
2. Thirty-five Years in the East: Adventures, Discoveries, Experiements, and by John Martin Honigberger (1852)
"Kali, carb., with sulphate of iron and mucilage of gum arabic (in the form of
pills) is administered by English physicians in cachexy. ..."
3. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor: Containing ... Information for by George H. Dadd (1851)
"... cachexy,* OR GENERAL DEBILITY. Indications of Cure. — First. To build up and
promote the living integrity by a generous diet, one or more of the ..."
4. On the Enlisting, Discharging and Pensioning of Soldiers by Henry Marshall, William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger (1840)
"The term cachexy comprehends a great variety of disabilities, including those
occasioned by disease contracted in tropical climates, together with the ..."
5. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1864)
"On the Influence of a Long Course of Nitric Acid in Reducing the Enlargement of
the Liver and Spleen which sometimes results from the Syphilitic cachexy. ..."
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