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Definition of Amyotrophia
1. Noun. Progressive wasting of muscle tissues.
Medical Definition of Amyotrophia
1. A type of diabetic neuropathy that causes muscle weakness and wasting. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amyotrophia
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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