wasting

Synonyms:

cachexia, cachexy

Type of:

debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism

the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

Synonyms:

atrophy, wasting away

Types:

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amyotrophia, amyotrophy

progressive wasting of muscle tissues

tabes

wasting of the body during a chronic disease

kraurosis

atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane

kraurosis vulvae

kraurosis of the vulva; often a precancerous lesion

Type of:

symptom

(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease