noun
Origin: ModL < Gr kachexia, bad habit of body < kakos, bad + hexis, habit < echein, to have < IE base *seh-, to hold fast, conquer > scheme
See cachexia in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Late Latin
Origin: , from Greek kakhexiā
Origin: : kako-, caco-
Origin: + hexis, condition (from ekhein, to have; see segh- in Indo-European roots)
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