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MeSH Heading: Cachexia
Tree Number(s): C23.888.144.243.963.250; C23.888.144.828.250
Unique ID: D002100
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002100
Annotation: WASTING SYNDROME is also available: do not make diagnosis, use words of text
Scope Note: General ill health, malnutrition, and weight loss, usually associated with chronic disease.
NLM Classification #: WB 148
See Also: HIV Wasting Syndrome; Wasting Syndrome
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/05/20

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Cachexia MeSH Descriptor Data 2025