cacochymia

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + χυμός (khumós, “juice”) +‎ -ia.

Noun

cacochymia (plural cacochymias)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) A vitiated state of the humours, or bodily fluids.[1]

References

  1. ^
    1839, Robley Dunglison, “CACOCHYMIA”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:
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