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"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": "quotation"
},
{
"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, 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": "quotation"
},
{
"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, 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": "quotation"
}
],
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"A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease."
],
"links": [
[
"pathology",
"pathology"
],
[
"systemic",
"systemic"
],
[
"wasting",
"wasting#Noun"
],
[
"muscle",
"muscle#Noun"
],
[
"tissue",
"tissue"
],
[
"loss",
"loss"
],
[
"fat",
"fat"
],
[
"mass",
"mass#Noun"
],
[
"accompanies",
"accompany"
],
[
"chronic",
"chronic"
],
[
"disease",
"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"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"pathology",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/kəˈkɛksɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kəˈkɛksiə/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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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": "hyucankʿ",
"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"
},
{
"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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