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cachexia(medicine)
Cachexia(health)
cachexia(dictionary)
malarial cachexia(medicine)
cachexia aquosa(medicine)
cachexia hypophyseopriva(medicine)
cachexia strumipriva(medicine)
cachexia thyroidea(medicine)
cachexia thyropriva(medicine)

Testicular torsion (medicine) and cachexia (iou)


Testicular torsion (medicine)


testicular torsion
<surgery> An acute condition that results when there is a twisting of the spermatic cord in the scrotum, thus compromising the blood supply to that testicle.

Symptoms include severe testicular pain and swelling.


cachexia (iou)



cachexia noun. . M16.
[French cachexie or late Latin cachexia from Greek kakhexia, from kakos bad + hexis habit: see -IA1.]
Medicine. A condition of weakness and wasting due to severe chronic illness. M16.
A bad mental condition; a state of depravity. M17.