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AMYOTROPHIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amyotrophia mean?
• AMYOTROPHIA (noun)
The noun AMYOTROPHIA has 1 sense:
1. progressive wasting of muscle tissues
Familiarity information: AMYOTROPHIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Progressive wasting of muscle tissues
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
amyotrophia; amyotrophy
Hypernyms ("amyotrophia" is a kind of...):
atrophy; wasting; wasting away (a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse)
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