A nutrition, metabolism, and development symptom that is characterized by a general physical wasting and malnutrition usually associated with chronic disease. [ url:http://www2.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwmednlm?book=Medical&va=cachexia ]

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definition

A nutrition, metabolism, and development symptom that is characterized by a general physical wasting and malnutrition usually associated with chronic disease.

has exact synonym

general physical wasting and malnutrition

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SYMP:0000402