Cachexia

[kak-eks’ ’ -e-ali) \_kuk6q, bad; e^tg, a habit]. A depraved condition of general nutrition, due to some serious disease, as syphilis, tuberculosis, carcinoma, etc. C, Lymphatic. Synonym of Hodghiti’s Disease. C, Pachydermic. See Myxedema. C. strumipriva, the condition allied to, if not identical with, myxedema, following the extirpation of the thyroid gland. C. thyreopriva. See Myxedema. C. virginum. See Chlorosis. 163