cachexia vs wasting what difference

what is difference between cachexia and wasting

English

Etymology

From Late Latin cachexia or French cachexie, from Ancient Greek καχεξία (kakhexía), from κακός (kakós, “bad; injurious”) + ἕξῐς (héxis, “act of having; habit or state of body”) (ultimately from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”)) + -ῐᾰ (-ia, suffix added to adjectives to form abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈkɛksɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈkɛksiə/
• Hyphenation: ca‧che‧xia

Noun

cachexia (countable and uncountable, plural cachexias or cachexiae)

1. (pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonym: cachexy

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References

Further reading

• cachexia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cachexia at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪstɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ

Verb

wasting

1. present participle of waste

Adjective

wasting (not comparable)

1. Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.

Derived terms

• wasting disease

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Noun

wasting (countable and uncountable, plural wastings)

1. Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

2. The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

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Anagrams

• stawing, tawings, tawsing

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