cachectic

[ kə-kĕk′tĭk ]

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adj.

Affected by or relating to cachexia.

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Words nearby cachectic

Caccini, Cáceres, cachaca, cachalot, cache, cachectic, cachectin, Cache la Poudre, cache memory, cachepot, cachet

How to use cachectic in a sentence

He had been in poor health for a number of years, and was then in a very cachectic condition.
The Electric Bath|George M. Schweig
In cachectic states, such as cancer, the blood pressure is low.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield
All cachectic or morbid nutrition conditions are due to imperfect lymph.
Valere Aude|Louis Dechmann
His controls fed on other acids became cachectic, but showed no arterial changes.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield

Hmaturia sometimes occurs, especially in broken-down and cachectic subjects and in an advanced stage of scurvy.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various

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