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23:31 Apr 6, 2008 |
Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Medical - Livestock / Animal Husbandry / slaughter house/diseases | |||||||
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5 +5 | cachexia |
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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) |
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