caquexia

English translation: cachexia

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Portuguese term or phrase:caquexia
English translation:cachexia
Entered by: Adriana Portas

23:31 Apr 6, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Livestock / Animal Husbandry / slaughter house/diseases
Portuguese term or phrase: caquexia
Art. 168 - Carnes caquéticas - são condenadas as carcaças em estado de *caquexia*.

Art. 179 - Distomatose - As carcaças de animais portadores de distomatose hepática devem ser condenadas quando houver *caquexia* consecutiva.

Art. 180 - Equinococose - podem ser condenadas as carcaças de animais portadores de equinococose, desde que concomitantemente haja *caquexia*. § 1º - Os órgãos e as partes atingidas serão sempre condenados.

Art. 181 - Esofagostomose - As carcaças de animais portadores de Esofagostomoses, sempre que haja *caquexia* consecutiva devem ser condenadas. Parágrafo único - Os intestinos ou partes de intestinos podem ser aproveitados, sempre que os nódulos sejam em pequeno número e possam ser extirpados.

Art. 186 - Icterícia - Devem ser condenadas às carcaças que apresentem coloração amarela intensa ou amarelo-esverdeada, não só na gordura, mas também no tecido conjuntivo, aponevroses, ossos, túnica interna dos vasos, ao lado de caracteres de afecção do fígado ou quando o animal não tenha sido sangrado bem e mostre numerosas manchas sanguíneas, musculatura avermelhada e gelatinosa, ou ainda quando revele sinais de *caquexia* ou anemia, decorrentes de intoxicação ou infecção.
Ivaneide
Brazil
Local time: 07:03
cachexia
Explanation:
Inflected Form(s): plural cachexias also cachexies
Etymology: Late Latin cachexia, from Greek kachexia bad condition of body, from kak- cac- + -hexia (from hexis possession, condition, from echein to have) -- more at SCHEME
1 : a general physical wasting and malnutrition caused by a chronic disease (as tuberculosis or cancer)
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cachexia


Explanation:
Inflected Form(s): plural cachexias also cachexies
Etymology: Late Latin cachexia, from Greek kachexia bad condition of body, from kak- cac- + -hexia (from hexis possession, condition, from echein to have) -- more at SCHEME
1 : a general physical wasting and malnutrition caused by a chronic disease (as tuberculosis or cancer)

Adriana Portas
Brazil
Local time: 07:03
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