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Noun Concept
Categories: Anatomical pathology, Articles with short description, Gross pathology, Symptoms and signs, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from EB9
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atrophy  wasting  wasting away  Wasting disease  atrophic
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A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse WordNet 3.0
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A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In medicine, wasting, also known as wasting syndrome, refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to "waste" away. Wikipedia
Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Wikipedia
Partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body Wikidata
The partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. OmegaWiki
A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. Wiktionary
Reduced functionality. Wiktionary (translation)
Gradual deterioration or wasting away. Wiktionary
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Muscular wastings. Wiktionary
IS A
symptom
disease
syndrome
hypotrophy
HAS KIND
amyotrophia
kraurosis
tabes
bonyness
cachexia
+5 relations
DERIVATION
atrophy
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
Atrophy
FACET OF
anatomical pathology
SYMPTOMS
weight loss
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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atrophy, wasting, wasting away
Wikipedia
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atrophy, wasting
Wikidata
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atrophy, wasting
Wiktionary
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atrophy, wasting
OmegaWiki
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atrophy
Wikipedia Redirections
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atrophic, atrophied, atrophies, atrophying, Cutaneous atrophy, Cutaneous atrophy due to corticosteroids, Cutaneous atrophy due to topical corticosteroid, Hypotrophy, Spinal atrophy, Systemic atrophies, Systemic atrophy, Tissue thinning, Wasting syndromes
Wikidata Alias
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Wasting disease, Wasting disease, NOS, wasting syndrome

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