Associations to the word «Cachexia»

Wiktionary

CACHEXIA, noun. (medicine) (pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca