NOUN
- any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
How To Use cachexia In A Sentence
- He used cocaine to treat depression, asthma, cachexia, and for overcoming morphine addiction.
- I know cigarettes cause cancer, but cancer causes cachexia, which is massive weight loss and appetite loss. Ali A. Rizvi: The Ultimate 9-Step Guide to Looking Good
- Severe cachexia, as a result of increased energy expenditure mediated by the tumour, is also a poor prognostic indicator.
- The syndrome called cachexia is responsible for between one-fifth and one-third of all cancer deaths. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
- Maxine Lee, 39, died of meningitis, but a wasting syndrome called "cachexia" contributed to the death, according to the death certificate. Breaking News: CBS News
- Muscle wasting - called cachexia - is thought to account for about 30 percent of deaths in patients with cancer, but how exactly cachexia is spurred by cancer - or indeed exactly how it leads to a patient's decline - isn't known. Daily News & Analysis
- Ostarine is believed to increase lean body mass and improve muscle strength and performance in post-menopausal women, elderly men and men and women with cancer cachexia, which is body wasting brought on by cancer. National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals
- Effects of Kanglaite on cachexia and immune function of the patients with advanced cancer.
- Cardiac cachexia may mimic the cachexia seen in patients with disseminated malignant disease.
- The dominant symptoms were crampy postprandial pain, sitophobia, changes in bowel habits and cachexia. BioMed Central - Latest articles