CACHEXY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cachexia; cachexy; wasting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cachexy" is a kind of...):

debility; feebleness; frailness; frailty; infirmity; valetudinarianism (the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age))

Derivation:

cachectic (relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia)