Cachemic

/kəˈkɛmɪk/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or characterized by cachemia; having a bad or diseased blood state according to older medical theory.

Etymology

Adjectival form of 'cachemia,' using the medical suffix '-ic.' This parallels 'cachaemic' and reflects the redundancy of variant medical terminology from different time periods and regional traditions.

Kelly Says

'Cachemic' is basically a historical artifact in medical writing—a word doctors used when they were describing something real (patients being very sick) but blaming it on the wrong thing (bad blood).

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