Usually means: Severe muscle loss, malnutrition state.
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  1. cachectic: Merriam-Webster
  2. cachectic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cachectic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  13. cachectic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. cachectic: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. cachectic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Cachectic: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.

Similar:
cachectical, emaciated, tabescent, chétif, crazy, sickly, narrow-gutted, rachitic, decrepit, skeletal, more...

Opposite:
robust, healthy, strong, sturdy, vigorous

Types:
gaunt, emaciated, cadaverous, pinched, wasted, haggard, more...

Phrases:
cachectic infantilism, more...

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Similar:
cachectical, emaciated, tabescent, chétif, crazy, sickly, narrow-gutted, rachitic, decrepit, skeletal, more...

Opposite:
robust, healthy, strong, sturdy, vigorous

Types:
gaunt, emaciated, cadaverous, pinched, wasted, haggard, more...

Phrases:
cachectic infantilism, more...



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