cachexia
ca·che·xia/kəˈkɛksiə/noun
cachexia is spelled C-A-C-H-E-X-I-A: 8 letters and 3 syllables (ca·che·xia). It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cachexia means “A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cachexia is cachexias or cachexiae.
How many letters and syllables are in cachexia?
| Letters | 8: C-A-C-H-E-X-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ca·che·xia |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cachexia?
Cachexia appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cachexia?
- UK /kəˈkɛksɪə/
- UK /kæˈkɛksɪə/
- US /kəˈkɛksiə/
Cachexia has 3 syllables, split ca·che·xia in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cachexia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cachexia?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cachexia from its last stressed vowel (/ɛksiə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cachexia
- cachexias plural
- cachexiae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cachexia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cachexia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense systemic wasting of muscle tissue that accompanies a chronic disease:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cachexia come from?
From Late Latin cachexia or French cachexie, 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, suffix added to adjectives to form abstract nouns).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).