AMYOTROPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amyotrophy mean? 

• AMYOTROPHY (noun)
  The noun AMYOTROPHY has 1 sense:

1. progressive wasting of muscle tissues

  Familiarity information: AMYOTROPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMYOTROPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Progressive wasting of muscle tissues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

amyotrophia; amyotrophy

Hypernyms ("amyotrophy" is a kind of...):

atrophy; wasting; wasting away (a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse)

 Context examples 

Relatively common conditions which may be associated with diabetic neuropathy include third nerve palsy (see OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES); MONONEUROPATHY; mononeuropathy multiplex; diabetic amyotrophy; a painful POLYNEUROPATHY; autonomic neuropathy; and thoracoabdominal neuropathy.

(Diabetic Neuropathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)