— cachectic /keuh kek"tik/ , cachectical, cachexic , adj.
/keuh kek"see euh/ , n. Pathol.
general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.
Also, cachexy /keuh kek"see/ .
[ 1535-45; kak ( ós ) bad + héx ( is ) condition ( hek-, var. s. of échein to have + -sis -SIS) + -ia -IA ]