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  1.                 From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
                    

    { ‖Cachexia (?), Cachexy (?) }, n. [L. cachexia, Gr. καχεξία; κακός bad + ἕξις condition.] A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle).

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