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Definition of Amyotrophy
1. Noun. Progressive wasting of muscle tissues.
Definition of Amyotrophy
1. Noun. (pathology) atrophy of muscles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Amyotrophy
1. A type of diabetic neuropathy that causes muscle weakness and wasting. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amyotrophy
Literary usage of Amyotrophy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"Does a Peroneal Form of Charcot Marie amyotrophy Exist? P. SAINTON. 1. Parkinson's
Disease and the Vertebral Column.—The authors of this article in ..."
2. The Cincinnati Medical News edited by John Adams Thacker (1889)
"SPINAL amyotrophy OF SCAPULO-HUMERAL FORM AS A CON ... 2d, Is there any relation
ship between the progressive amyotrophy ot to-day and the spinal infantile ..."
3. Lectures on diseases of the spinal cord by Pierre Marie (1895)
"Pathological Anatomy of these forms of amyotrophy ¡ muscular lesions ... Attempt to
range the forms of amyotrophy occurring in tabea in two distinct groups. ..."
4. Review of Neurology and Psychiatry (1905)
"FAMILY SPASTIC PARALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH amyotrophy. By GORDON HOLMES, MD, Resident
Medical Officer, National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, ..."
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