See cachexia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
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"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Ido translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
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"Terms with Kazakh translations",
"Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
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"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
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"Terms with Polish translations",
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{
"ref": "1652, Nich[olas] Culpeper, “Succory”, in The English Physitian: Or An Astrologo-physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of This Nation. […], London: […] Peter Cole, […], →OCLC, pages 223–224:",
"text": "An handful of the Leavs or Roots [of garden succory] boyled in Wine or Water, and a draught thereof drunk faſting, […] helpeth the yellow Jaundice, the Heat of the Reins and of the Urin, and the Dropſie also, and thoſe that have an evil Diſpoſition in their Bodies by reaſon of long ſickneſs, evil Diet &c., which the Greeks call Καχεξία, Cachexia.",
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{
"ref": "1830, George Gregory, Daniel L. M. Peixotto, “Cachexia and Scurvy”, in Elements of the Theory and Practice of Physic, […], 1st New York edition, New York, N.Y.: Published by M. Sherman, →OCLC, page 518:",
"text": "[T]he intimate nature of cachexia is a deterioration in the qualities of blood, a favourite doctrine with the humoral pathologists, in support of which many very powerful arguments might still be adduced.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1848 April 21, “Importance of a Precise Knowledge of the Composition of Blood in the Investigation of Disease”, in The London Medical Gazette, or Journal of Practical Medicine, volume XLI (New Series, volume VI), number 1064, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], →OCLC, page 676:",
"text": "If we have hitherto no approach to a physiological expression for those autopathic cachexiæ in which gout, scrofula, and cancer respectively originate, let it be observed that our faculty of analogical interpretation remains inert, in respect of these and many other disorders, only for want of a correct and comprehensive hæmatology.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1977, H[ugo] Tristram Englehardt, Jr., “Closing Remarks”, in H. Tristram Englehardt, Jr., Stuart F. Spicker, Bernard Towers, editors, Clinical Judgment: A Critical Appraisal: […] (Philosophy and Medicine; 6), Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 266:",
"text": "One must take note, as well, of the difference between clinical accounts and clinical-pathological accounts. That is, one must distinguish among: 1) classifications based on clinical findings, such as those advanced by Sydenham and Sauvages, which grouped illnesses under such basic rubrics as fevers, fluxes, cachexias, weaknesses, etc.; […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Toby C. Campbell, Jamie H. Von Roenn, “Anorexia/Weight Loss”, in Ann M. Berger, John L. Shuster, Jr., Jamie H. Von Roenn, editors, Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology, 3rd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, part C (Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Syndromes), page 125:",
"text": "Cancer cachexia is a complex metabolic process, due to both host and tumor factors, which results in excess catabolism as well as aberrant fat and carbohydrate metabolism.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Lawrence E. Harrison, “Nutritional Support for the Cancer Patient”, in Alfred E. Chang, Patricia A. Ganz, Daniel F. Hayes, Timothy Kinsella, Harvey I. Pass, Joan H. Schiller, Richard M. Stone, Victor Strecher, editors, Oncology: An Evidence-based Approach, New York, N.Y.: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 1488:",
"text": "Cancer cachexia is a complex syndrome clinically manifest by progressive involuntary weight loss and diminished food intake and characterized by a variety of biochemical alterations.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Roopa Vemulapalli, Jennifer Tomesko, “Cardiothoracic Nutrition”, in Mary Marian, Mary Russell, Scott A[lan] Shikora, Clinical Nutrition for Surgical Patients, Sudbury, Mass., Mississauga, Ont., London: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, page 84:",
"text": "Preoperative nutritional therapy in CHF [congestive heart failure] patients with cachexia is associated with improved postoperative survival rates. Hence, identifying susceptible patients and intervening prior to development of cardiac cachexia is necessary.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Connie Watkins Bales, Christine Seel Ritchie, “Redefining Nutritional Frailty: Interventions for Weight Loss Due to Undernutrition”, in Connie Watkins Bales, Christine Seel Ritchie, editors, Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging (Nutrition & Health), 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Humana Press, →DOI, →ISBN, part II (Fundamentals of Nutrition and Geriatric Syndromes), figure 9.1 caption, page 158:",
"text": "While sarcopenia occurs very commonly with aging, cachexia occurs mainly in association with acute or chronic disease.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease."
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"(pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease."
],
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"word": "cachexy"
}
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"sciences"
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "متلازمة الهزال"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hyucankʻ",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "հյուծանք"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caquèxia"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "惡病質"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èbìngzhì, èbìngzhí",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "恶病质"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "惡病質"
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{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "恶病质"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cachexie"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kachexie"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kachektizace"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kakeksi"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "cachexie"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kaĥeksio"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kakeksia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cachexie"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳakeksia",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "კაქექსია"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳaxeksia",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "კახექსია"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kachexie"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kachexía",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "καχεξία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kakhexía",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "καχεξία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kachexia"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "senyvesség"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kakexio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cachessia"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "悪液質"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kaxeksiä",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "кахексия"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "azyp auru",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "азып ауру"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kaheksiya",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "кахексия"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kacheksija"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kakesi"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "نزاری"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kacheksja"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "charłactwo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wyniszczenie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caquexia"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "amaychura"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kaxeksíja",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "кахекси́я"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kachexia"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kaheksíja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caquexia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kakeksi"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "pamamayat"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "ภาวะผอมหนังหุ้มกระดูก"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "kaşeksi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kaxeksija",
"sense": "systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease",
"word": "кахексія"
}
],
"word": "cachexia"
}
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