кахексия

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كاحەكسيا
Cyrillic кахексия
Latin kaxeksia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кахексия (kaxeksija), from Ancient Greek καχεξία (kakhexía), from κακός (kakós, “bad; injurious”) + ἕξῐς (héxĭs, “act of having; habit or state of body”) (ultimately from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”)) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəxʲɪˈksʲiɪ̯ə]

Noun

кахексия • (kaxeksiä)

  1. (pathology) cachexia
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