Definition for CA-CHEX'Y

CA-CHEX'Y, n. [Gr. καχεξια, from κακος, ill, and εξις, habit, from εχω, to have.]

A vicious state of the powers of the body; a deranged state of the constitution, without fever or nervous disease. – Encyc. Coxe.

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