(pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
cachexic
cachexic
adj
Relating to cachexia.
caixinha
cathexes
cathexes
noun
plural of cathexis
cathexis
cathexis
noun
(psychoanalysis) The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.
chafewax
chafewax
noun
Alternative form of chaffwax
chaffwax
chaffwax
noun
(UK, law, historical) A chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
chamonix
chamonix
Proper noun
A town in the département of Haute-Savoie.
chapeaux
chapeaux
noun
plural of chapeau
chateaux
chateaux
noun
plural of chateau
cheneaux
chronaxy
chronaxy
noun
Alternative form of chronaxie
cuxhaven
exarchal
exarchal
adj
Of or relating to an exarch.
exarchic
exchange
exchange
noun
(biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
(chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
(finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange of contracts.
(obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
(telephony, US) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
(usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
A conversation.
A place for conducting trading.
A telephone exchange.
An act of exchanging or trading.
verb
(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange contracts.
(transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
(transitive) To trade or barter.
exilarch
exilarch
noun
The head of a community of Jews in the diaspora.
The leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.
exotheca
exotheca
noun
(zoology) The tissue that fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.
hexarchy
hexarchy
noun
A group of six states.
hexascha
matchbox
matchbox
noun
A small cardboard box in which matches are kept.
Any small die-cast toy car, usually collectible.
taxiarch
taxiarch
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.