An alternative form referring to poor nutrition or bad nourishment; the state of being improperly nourished.
From Greek 'kakos' (bad) + 'trophē' (nourishment), with '-y' as a nominalized suffix. This variant form appears alongside 'cacotrophia' in medical literature.
Words like 'cacotrophy' and 'cacotrophia' existing side-by-side shows how medical language evolved—sometimes both Greek and Latinized forms survived, giving doctors multiple ways to say nearly the same thing.
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