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CACHECTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cachectic mean?
• CACHECTIC (adjective)
The adjective CACHECTIC has 1 sense:
1. relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia
Familiarity information: CACHECTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
cachexia (any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease)
Derivation:
cachexia; cachexy (any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease)
Context examples
In addition, megestrol stimulates appetite in cachectic subjects.
(Megestrol, NCI Thesaurus)
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