Cachexia
Origin
From Ancient Greek κακός (kakos, "bad, wretched") + ἔχειν (ekhein, "to have"), Conjugation of ἔχω.
Full definition of cachexia
Noun
cachexia
(countable and uncountable; plural cachexias)- (medicine, pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
- 2007, Lawrence E. Harrison, 84: Nutritional Support for the Cancer Patient, 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, page 1488,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.
- 2007, Toby C. Campbell, Jamie H. Von Roenn, Chapter 11: Anorexia/Weight Loss, Ann M. Berger, John L. Shuster, Jamie H. Von Roenn (editors), Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology, page 125,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.
- 2008, Mary Marian, Scott A. Shikora, Mary Russell, Clinical Nutrition for Surgical Patients, page 84,Preoperative nutritional therapy in CHFHeart Failure patients with cachexia is associated with improved postoperative survival rates (56).
- 2009, Connie W. Bales, Christine S. Ritchie, Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging, page 158,While sarcopenia occurs very commonly with aging, cachexia occurs mainly in association with acute or chronic disease.