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cachexy
cachexy (see below) Also 7 cacexy, -ie, cachexe, -ie, cakexy; and in mod.Lat. form caˈchexia, (8 cacexia). [ad. mod.L. cachexia or F. cachexie (16th c. in Paré), ad. Gr. καχεξία, f. κακ-ός bad + -ἑξια = ἕξις habit or state, f. ἔχ-ειν to have, have oneself, be in condition. Walker accents (ˈkækɛksɪ) ...
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cachectic
cachectic, a. (kəˈkɛktɪk) Also 7–8 -ick. [Ultimately ad. Gr. καχεκτικ-ός in a bad habit of body. Cf. cachexy. Cachectique occurs in F. in 16th c.; mod.L. cachecticus is prob. still earlier.] Of or pertaining to cachexy; affected with or characterized by cachexy or a bad state of body.1634 T. Johnson...
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Tanacetum balsamita
, a much to digest raw humours gathered therein, It is profitable for those [who] are fallen into a continual evil disposition of the body, called cachexy
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cacochymy
cacochymy arch. (ˈkækəʊkaɪmɪ) Also 6–8 -chymie, and in Latin form 6– cacochymia, (7 cacochym). [a. F. cacochymie (16th c. in Paré), and mod.L. cacochȳmia, a. Gr. κακοχῡµία (Galen) badness of the humours, f. κακόχῡµος: see above.] In the medical system of the Humorists: Unhealthy state of the ‘humour...
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saturnism
saturnism (ˈsætənɪz(ə)m) Also in mod.L. form. [a. mod.L. Saturnism-us, f. L. Sāturn-us Saturn: see -ism.] Lead-poisoning.1855 Dunglison Med. Lex., Saturnismus, poisoning by lead; lead-poisoning; saturnine cachexy. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 179 Four had suffered from fits, one from saturnism.
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anticachectic
anticachectic, a. and n. Med. (ˌæntɪkəˈkɛktɪk) [f. anti- 3 + Gr. καχεκτικός: see cachectic.] A. adj. Used against cachexy, or a bad state of the body. B. n. (sc. medicine).1719 Glossogr. Nova, Anti-chachectics, Remedies that correct the ill disposition of the blood. 1706 Phillips, Anticachecticks. 1...
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melanose
▪ I. melanose, n. (ˈmɛlənəʊs) [ad. F. mélanose, the Fr. form of melanosis.] A fungoid growth on grape-vines produced by Septoria ampelina.1890 in Century Dict.▪ II. melanose, a. Path. (ˈmɛlənəʊs) [f. Gr. µελαν-, µέλας black + -ose; but app. suggested by melanosis.] Containing, or of the nature of, t...
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mercurio-syphilis
merˈcurio-ˈsyphilis Path. rare. [f. mercurio- taken as combining form of Mercury.] A diseased condition supposed to be caused in part by syphilis and in part by the mercury employed for its cure. Hence merˈcurio-syphiˈlitic a., affected by mercurio-syphilis.1829 R. Christison Treat. Poisons (1832) 3...
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leucophlegmacy
† leucoˈphlegmacy Path. Obs. Also in mod.L. form leucophlegmatia. [ad. Gr. λευκοϕλεγµατία, f. λευκό-ς white + ϕλεγµατ- phlegm.] ‘A dropsical tendency, denoted by a pale, tumid and flabby condition of body’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).1657 Physical Dict., Leucophlegmatia, a kind of dropsie. 1681 tr. Willis' Rem...
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Negro
Negro (ˈniːgrəʊ) Also 7–8 negroe, 8– negro. [a. Sp. or Pg. negro:—L. nigrum, niger black: cf. Nigro. Hence also F. nègre: see neger and nigger.] I. 1. An individual (esp. a male) belonging to the African race of mankind, which is distinguished by a black skin, black tightly-curled hair, and a nose f...
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hydro-
hydro- (haɪdrəʊ) before a vowel also hydr-, = Gr. ὑδρ(ο-, combining form of ὕδωρ water, employed in many compounds adopted or formed from Greek. Of the numerous compounds in Greek some were adopted in Latin, whence they passed into English either directly or through French: the earliest of these are...
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