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MUSCULAR ATROPHY

\mˈʌskjʊləɹ ˈatɹəfi], \mˈʌskjʊləɹ ˈatɹəfi], \m_ˈʌ_s_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_ɹ ˈa_t_ɹ_ə_f_i]\

Definitions of MUSCULAR ATROPHY

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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.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Wasting of muscles.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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