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cachectic

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cachectic /ca·chec·tic/ (kah-kek´tik) pertaining to or characterized by cachexia.
ca·chec·tic (k-kktk)
adj.
Affected by or relating to cachexia.
cachectic
[kəkek′tik]
Etymology: Gk, kakos, bad, hexis, state
pertaining to a state of generally poor health, malnutrition, and weight loss.


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On examination, the patient was cachectic and dehydrated.
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The animal became progressively more debilitated and cachectic until he disappeared from the study site in April 1999.
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They found that the energy expenditure for physical activity was lower in the subjects with CHF ([bar]X=269 kcal/d [SD=307] in those who were cachectic and [bar]X=416 kcal/d [SD=361] in those who were noncachectic) than in the comparison subjects ([bar]X= 728 kcal/d, SD = 374).
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