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Cachexy

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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Debility 76% connected

The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.

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Feebleness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.

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Frailness 76% connected

Frailty.

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Frailty 76% connected

The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or se…

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Infirmity 76% connected

The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infir…

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Valetudinarianism 76% connected

The condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity.

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Cachectic 74% connected

Alt. of Cachectical

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Cachectic 74% connected

Alt. of Cachectical

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Cachexia 92% connected

Alt. of Cachexy

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Wasting 92% connected

of Waste

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