cachexy

What does cachexy mean?

cachexy means "any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease".

How many syllables are in cachexy?

cachexy has 3 syllables and divides as ca-chex-y under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cachexy?

Close synonyms include cachexia, wasting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cachexy a common word?

cachexy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cachexy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.