A wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is a decrease in muscle mass, often due to extended immobility.

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Wasting away of the body or of an organ or tissue, involving a decrease in size and (or) numbers of cells.

Shrinking or wasting away of tissue.

The wasting away of certain tissues; a medical condition that occurs when tissues fail to grow.

A wasting away or gradual decline of tissues, organs, or the entire body.

a wasting away; a decrease in the size and function of a cell, tissue, organ or part.

1822 (implied in atrophied), from atrophy (n.). Related: Atrophying.

"a wasting away through lack of nourishment," 1620s (atrophied is from 1590s), from French atrophie, from Late Latin atrophia, from Greek atrophia "a wasting away," noun of state f [..]

to waste away or degenerate.

The wasting of a muscle. Muscles that are not actively used will become smaller or atrophy. Rehabilitation therapists develop protocols to minimize the effects of atrophy

A wasting of the tissues of a body part.

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Wasting of tissue or an organ.

Reduction in size and/or mass of cells and tissues, especially relating to muscle fibres.

The wasting away of tissue, often due to inactivity or disease.

To waste away, usually used in describing muscles.

The progressive loss of muscle mass, or wasting, caused by reduction in the size or number of muscle cells. It is one of the later symptoms of ALS.

wasting away or decreasing in size of cells, organs or entire body; due to disuse, disease or severe malnutrition.

A wasting of the tissues of a body part.

(n) any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)(n) a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse(v) undergo atrophy

A wasting away or decrease in size of a cell, tissue, organ, or part of the body caused by lack of nourishment, inactivity or loss of nerve supply. [Click Here to Return to List]

A decrease in the normal size of an organ. Wasting away.

Wasting away of an organ or tissue due to undernourishment, disease, or aging.

Wasting away or shrinking. Neuronal atrophy is wasting away of neurons, a decrease in neuronal density.

Deterioration of an organ or tissue which had previously been normally developed due to disease, malnutrition, disuse, or poor blood circulation.

wasting.

A wasting away or decrease in size of a cell, tissue, organ, or part of the body due to lack of nourishment.

wasting away, withering audiometric

Wasting (19thC)

To waste away, usually used in describing muscles.

Atrophy is the wasting away of an organ or tissue due to the degeneration of cells. Atrophy can be a process of aging.

Atrophy.

The process which is observed during the wasting of a tissue or an organ.

a decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue.

Decrease in the size of a Cell, Tissue, organ, or multiple organs, associated with a variety of pathological conditions such as abnormal Cellular changes, Ischemia, Malnutrition, or hormonal changes.

A condition marked by progressive Cerebellar Ataxia combined with Myoclonus usually presenting in the third decade of Life or later. Additional clinical features may include generalized and focal Seiz [..]

An autosomal dominant degenerative Muscle Disease characterized by slowly progressive weakness of the Muscles of the Face, upper-arm, and shoulder girdle. The onset of symptoms usually occurs in the f [..]

A form of Macular Degeneration also known as dry Macular Degeneration marked by occurrence of a well-defined progressive lesion or Atrophy in the central part of the Retina called the Macula Lutea. It [..]

Progressive, autosomal recessive, diffuse Atrophy of the Choroid, pigment Epithelium, and sensory Retina that begins in childhood.

Hereditary conditions that feature progressive visual loss in Association with Optic Atrophy. Relatively common Forms include Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy (Optic Atrophy, Autosomal Dominant) and L [..]

Dominant Optic Atrophy is a hereditary Optic Neuropathy causing decreased Visual Acuity, Color Vision deficits, a centrocecal Scotoma, and Optic Nerve Pallor (Hum. Genet. 1998; 102: 79-86). Mutations [..]

A rare form of Dementia that is sometimes familial. Clinical features include Aphasia; Apraxia; Confusion; Anomia; Memory loss; and Personality deterioration. This pattern is consistent with the patho [..]

A Syndrome complex composed of three conditions which represent clinical variants of the same Disease process: Striatonigral Degeneration; Shy-Drager Syndrome; and the sporadic form of Olivopontocereb [..]

Derangement in size and number of Muscle fibers occurring with Aging, reduction in Blood supply, or following Immobilization, prolonged Weightlessness, Malnutrition, and particularly in Denervation.

Atrophy of the Optic Disk which may be congenital or acquired. This condition indicates a deficiency in the number of Nerve Fibers which arise in the Retina and converge to form the Optic Disk; Optic [..]

A Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy transmitted most often as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by progressive distal wasting and loss of reflexes in the Muscles of the Legs (and occ [..]

A group of inherited and sporadic disorders which share progressive Ataxia in combination with Atrophy of the Cerebellum; Pons; and inferior olivary nuclei. Additional clinical features may include Mu [..]

A Syndrome characterized by slowly progressive unilateral Atrophy of facial Subcutaneous Fat, Muscle Tissue, Skin, Cartilage, and bone. The condition typically progresses over a period of 2-10 years a [..]

A group of disorders marked by progressive degeneration of Motor Neurons in the spinal cord resulting in weakness and Muscular Atrophy, usually without evidence of injury to the corticospinal tracts. [..]

A group of dominantly inherited, predominately late-onset, Cerebellar Ataxias which have been divided into multiple subtypes based on clinical features and genetic mapping. Progressive Ataxia is a cen [..]

A sporadic Neurodegenerative Disease with onset in middle-age characterized clinically by Parkinsonian features (e.g., Muscle Rigidity; Hypokinesia; stooped Posture) and Hypotension. This condition is [..]

A Syndrome characterized by severe burning Pain in an extremity accompanied by sudomotor, vasomotor, and trophic changes in bone without an associated specific nerve injury. This condition is most oft [..]

An X-linked recessive form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. It is due to a Mutation of the Gene encoding the Androgen Receptor.

Decrease in the size of a cell, tissue, organ, or multiple organs, associated with a variety of pathological conditions such as abnormal cellular changes, ischemia, malnutrition, or hormonal changes.

Shrinkage.

wasting, shrinkage of muscle tissue or nerve tissue.

The reduction in size of an organ by distributed metabolism.

a wasting away of or decrease in size

The wasting away of an organ or tissues.

Wasting away of a tissue or organ.

A wasting away, a diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, organ or part.

A thinning condition of the epidermal and dermal skin layers. Atrophy may be caused by the application of topical corticosteroids.

Thinning of the skin due to reduction of underlying tissue.

A decrease in muscle size.

A wasting of the tissues of a body part.

Muscle degeneration resulting from lack of use or immobilization.

Describes a muscles shrinking in size due to a physiological or disease process. Common atrophies are observed after injury or surgery by chiropractors and physiotherapists.

To shrivel or shrink from disuse, as in muscular atrophy.

The decrease in the volume of brain or muscle tissue often associated with MS.