cachexia

n. 恶病质, 极瘦弱 [医] 恶病质

发音

UK /kəˈkɛksɪə/
其它
UK /kæˈkɛksɪə/
US /kəˈkɛksiə/

词形变化

cachexiae cachexias 复数 cachexias cachexiae 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.

    恶病质

    可数 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

wasting cachexy

上位词 6

frailty infirmity debility feebleness frailness valetudinarianism

相关短语

cachexia Africana phosphorus cachexia

词源

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

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