cachexia.

A severe wasting of muscle and other body tissue associated with an underlying illness.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• cancer cachexia
• progressive cachexia

On the page

Cachexia had left the character unable to lift the case she once carried easily.

The medical record described cachexia rather than treating every lost pound as starvation.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.