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Progressive emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic fever, with no well-marked logical symptoms.

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Atrophy 76% connected

A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wasting 76% connected

of Waste

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Actinotherapy noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance