Definition of Amyotrophia

1. Noun. Progressive wasting of muscle tissues.

Exact synonyms: Amyotrophy
Generic synonyms: Atrophy, Wasting, Wasting Away

Medical Definition of Amyotrophia

1. A type of diabetic neuropathy that causes muscle weakness and wasting. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amyotrophia

amylum
amylums
amyluria
amyocardia
amyoesthesia
amyoplasia congenita
amyostasia
amyostatic
amyosthenia
amyosthenic
amyotaxy
amyotonias
amyotrophia (current term)
amyotrophic
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
amyotrophy
amyotropic lateral sclerosis
amyous
amyrin
amyrins
amyss
amysses
amytal
amytals
amyxia
amyxorrhoea
amzel

Literary usage of Amyotrophia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Physical Education Review by American Physical Education Association (1905)
"Mally and Richon call attention to the reflex amyotrophia from changes in the spinal ... This conception of reflex amyotrophia originating in a joint is ..."

2. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1919)
"sinks as the paralytic features develop aud amyotrophia is promptly added. In rare cases the loss of power is pronounced and yet the muscular masses retain ..."

3. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"amyotrophia (am-io-tro'-je-ali) [a, priv.; fil/f, muscle; rooty,, nourishment]. ... [see amyotrophia}. Characterized by muscular atrophy. ..."

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