Cacochymy

Cacochymy

In the pre-modern medical practice of humoralism, cacochymy, or cacochymia, referred to a depraved habit of body, replete with ill humors, from various causes. When the repletion was merely with blood, it was called plethora.

Joannis Gorraeus gave the name "cacochymia" to the abundance and excess of any ill humor, provided it is only one in excess; "plethora" he called the abundance or excess of all the humors together.

ee also

*cachexia


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  • Cacochymy — Cacochymia Cac o*chym i*a, Cacochymy Cac o*chym y, n. [NL. cacochymia, fr. Gr. ?????????; kako s bad + ????? juice: cf. F. cacochymie.] (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood. {Cac o*chym ic}, {Cac o*chym …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cacochymy — caco·chy·my …   English syllables

  • cacochymy — ˈkakōˌkīmē noun ( es) Etymology: New Latin cacochymia, from Greek kakochymia, from kak cac + chymia (from chymos juice, from chein to pour) more at found obsolete : an unhealthy condition of the humors of the body, especially of the blood …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cacochymia — Cac o*chym i*a, Cacochymy Cac o*chym y, n. [NL. cacochymia, fr. Gr. ?????????; kako s bad + ????? juice: cf. F. cacochymie.] (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood. {Cac o*chym ic}, {Cac o*chym ic*al}, a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cacochymic — Cacochymia Cac o*chym i*a, Cacochymy Cac o*chym y, n. [NL. cacochymia, fr. Gr. ?????????; kako s bad + ????? juice: cf. F. cacochymie.] (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood. {Cac o*chym ic}, {Cac o*chym …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cacochymical — Cacochymia Cac o*chym i*a, Cacochymy Cac o*chym y, n. [NL. cacochymia, fr. Gr. ?????????; kako s bad + ????? juice: cf. F. cacochymie.] (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood. {Cac o*chym ic}, {Cac o*chym …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • caco- — see cac * * * a combining form meaning bad, occurring in loanwords from Greek (cacodemon); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (cacogenics). [ < Gk, comb. form of kakós] * * * caco /ka kō or sometimes ka ko / combining form… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cacokenny — perverted form of cacochymy …   Useful english dictionary

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