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victoriousvocabulary:

CALLOPHOBIA

[noun]

the fear of beauty.

victoriousvocabulary:

CACHEXIA

[noun]

(from Greek κακός kakos “bad” and ἕξις hexis “condition”); also known as wasting syndrome - the loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness, and significant loss of appetite in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight. The formal definition of cachexia is the loss of body mass that cannot be reversed nutritionally: even if the affected patient eats more calories, lean body mass will be lost, indicating there is a fundamental pathology in place.

Cachexia is seen in patients with cancer, AIDS, chronic obstructive lung disease, Multiple Sclerosis, congestive heart failure, tuberculosis, familial amyloid polyneuropathy, mercury poisoning (acrodynia) and hormonal deficiency.

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victoriousvocabulary:

CACHEXIA

[noun]

(from Greek κακός kakos “bad” and ἕξις hexis “condition”); also known as wasting syndrome - the loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness, and significant loss of appetite in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight. The formal definition of cachexia is the loss of body mass that cannot be reversed nutritionally: even if the affected patient eats more calories, lean body mass will be lost, indicating there is a fundamental pathology in place.

Cachexia is seen in patients with cancer, AIDS, chronic obstructive lung disease, Multiple Sclerosis, congestive heart failure, tuberculosis, familial amyloid polyneuropathy, mercury poisoning (acrodynia) and hormonal deficiency.