GC: n

S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15990698 (last access: 27 July 2015); http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ng/ep3/ep3_region.html (last access: 22 April 2013).

N: 1. “bad general state of health,” 1540s, from Latinized form of Greek kakhexia “bad habits,” from kakos “bad” (see caco-) + -exia, related to exis “habit or state,” from exein “to have, be in a condition,” from PIE root *segh- “to hold, hold in one’s power, to have” (see scheme). Related: cachexic.
cachectic (adj.): 1630s, from Latinized form of Greek kakhektikos “in a bad habit of body”.
2. A common systemic effect of malignant tumours, particularly at advanced stages of growth, is body wasting (cachexia), which may appear with loss of appetite (anorexia) and weight loss. It is likely that a chemical mediator called tumour necrosis factor-alpha is one of the multiple molecules that bring about wasting effects.

S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=cachexia&searchmode=none (last access: 2 September 2014). 2. EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/cachexia; http://kids.britannica.com/nobelprize/article-224728 (last access: 27 July 2015).

GV: cachexy

S: GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8357947 (last access: 27 July 2015)

SYN: marasmus (context)

S: GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8357947 (last access: 27 July 2015)

CR: acute undernutrition, chronic hunger, emaciation, famine, growth hormone, hunger, inanition, kwashiorkor, malnutrition, marasmus, undernourishment, undernutrition.