Monday word: cachexia

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cachexia (kə-kĕk′sē-ə), noun

Reduction in strength and vitality (weight loss in someone not actively trying to lose weight, wasting of muscle, loss of appetite, etc.) due to a chronic disease.  Also known as 'wasting syndrome'.

According to Wikipedia, the formal definition is the loss of body mass that cannot be reversed nutritionally.

Etymology:  from Greek kakhexia, from kakos, bad  + hexis, condition

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Possible metaphoric extension: the ghosting of a forum or other community as people drift away.

[ersatz-read.livejournal.com]

That cannot be reversed with metaphoric nutrition?

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Like drama?