ATROPHY (Gr. apriv., Tpocin), nourishment), a term in medicine used to describe a state of wasting due to some interference with the function of healthy nutrition (see Pathology).
Atrophy
A decrease in size or functional activity of a part of the body (or the entire body) due to disease or other factors. Atrophy is usually used to mean that a part of the body is wasting away.
Atrophy-A destruction or dying of cells, tissues, or organs.
Cerebellar-Involving the part of the brain (cerebellum), which controls walking, balance, and coordination.
Lipoatrophy is the term describing the localized loss of fat tissue.
Optic Atrophy 2, X-Linked
The optic nerve connects the eye to the brain and carries visual signals from the retina that enables us to see. Consequently, any disease that damages this nerve can result in vision loss.
Muscle atrophy
Alternate Names : Muscle wasting, Wasting, Atrophy of the muscles
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Optic Atrophy, Hereditary
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Definition of medical terminology for Optic Atrophy, Hereditary.
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Atrophy is a partial or complete wasting away of any given body part. Most commonly, however, muscles atrophy for a variety of reasons.
atrophy, or the slow which is a familiar symptom in hand-fed babies, is one of the commonest causes of death in early infancy.
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Lipoatrophy is a generalized, probably autosomal recessive, lipoatrophy associated with the eventual development of diabetes mellitus, hepatomegaly, increased growth of bones and a hyperlipidemia.
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Disuse atrophy occurs from a lack of physical exercise. In most people, muscle atrophy is caused by not using the muscles enough.
Muscle atrophy Treatment
Review Date: 11/13/2008
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Daniel B.
Vaginal atrophy is the medical term that refers to the thinning of the wall of the vagina that occurs during menopause (the time when menstrual periods have ceased) in women. Prior to menopause, the vaginal lining appears plump, bright red, and moist.
Cerebral atrophy is a common feature of many of the diseases that affect the brain. Atrophy of any tissue means loss of cells. In brain tissue, atrophy describes a loss of neurons and the connections between them.
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Optic nerve atrophy is tissue death of the nerve that carries the information regarding sight from the eye to the brain.
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facial hemiatrophy
Type: Term
Definitions:
1. atrophy, usually progressive, affecting the tissues of one side of the face.
Weakening and atrophy (shrinking) of the muscles around the chest and abdomen can cause skeletal deformities, such as scoliosis of the spine (see below).
Multiple system atrophy is an uncommon, progressive nervous system (neurological) disorder that affects many areas of your brain and nervous system.
Spinal muscular atrophy is a rare degenerative problem that affects the spinal cord and nerves, resulting in muscle wasting and weakness.
What causes spinal muscular atrophy?
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare condition that causes symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease. However, patients with MSA have more widespread damage to the autonomic nervous system.
Multiple system atrophy is a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disorder causing pyramidal, cerebellar, and autonomic dysfunction.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a genetic condition in which the muscles throughout a child's the body are weakened because the cells in his spinal cord and motor nerves do not work properly.
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Post-polio muscular atrophy (PPMA) Index
Definition of Post-polio muscular atrophy (PPMA)
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Infantile spinal muscular atrophy
Nerve cells called motor neurones link muscle fibres to the nervous system. The instruction to contract a muscle is sent from the brain along the spinal cord and through the motor neurones to the muscle fibres.
classified based on clinical, genetic, and neuropathological findings and there is significant controversy and confusion in the medical literature because of its association with two distinct groups of disorders, specifically multiple system atrophy ...
atrophy
trfi noun the wasting of an organ or part of the body verb of an organ or part of the body to waste ...
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Atrophy - wasting away of tissue.
Autograft - a tissue transplanted from one part to another part of the same body.
Autonomical - independent of others.
Atrophy
Wasting; degeneration of a body part through lack of activity or nourishment.
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atrophy: a wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use: muscular atrophy of a person affected with paralysis. a wasting away, deterioration, or diminution: intellectual atrophy.
atrophy: When an organ diminishes in size.
benign: Not malignant; not cancerous.
cancer: An abnormal growth that can invade nearby structures and spread to other parts of the body and may be a threat to life.
Lipoatrophy
Small depressions in the subcutaneous tissues just under the skin that form when a person keeps injecting insulin into the same spot.
Lipoatrophy: Loss of fat under the skin resulting in small dents. Lipoatrophy may be caused by repeated injections of insulin in the same spot.
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Brain atrophy and Alzheimer's
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These four magnetic resonance images show four different people with differently sized and shaped brains. Nevertheless, the widening grooves and fissures of the cerebral cortex indicate progressively .
Gyrate atrophy
Diffuse total choroid vascular atrophy of the eye. Leads to night blindness, tunnel vision, cataracts and reduced visual acuity. Patients are usually myopic. Treatment involves pyridoxine; arginine free diet to reduce ornithinemia.
vaginal atrophy
Vaginal atrophy involves the drying and thinning of the tissues of the vagina and urethra. This can lead to dyspareunia (pain during sexual intercourse), as well as vaginitis, cystitis, and urinary tract infections.
vaginal atrophy
Thinning and irritation of the folds of the walls of the vagina caused by the normal reduction in the secretion of estrogen during perimenopause and after menopause.
Atrophy of bones, commonly of the carpal or tarsal bones, following a slight injury such as a sprain.
See: causalgia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
Synonyms: acute reflex bone atrophy, posttraumatic osteoporosis, Sudeck's syndrome.
atrophy - wasting, shrinkage of muscle tissue or nerve tissue.
avascular necrosis - death of tissue due to depletion of blood supply.
Atrophy
A continuous decline of a body part or tissue, usually a muscle, following a period of disuse or immobility.
Atrophy of the iris provides further evidence of a prior attack if it occurred 3 or more weeks prior to the eye examination. The atrophied part of the iris appears gray.
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Atrophy (excessive thinning) of the tissue lining the vagina and uterus
Cancer of the uterine lining (endometrium) (see "Patient information: Endometrial cancer diagnosis and staging")
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Atrophy. [Dunglison1868].
A kind of atrophy; a wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease. The continuous low condition of nutrition as it is caused by bad nourishment or occurs normally in old age. [Appleton1904].
Atrophy: Atrophy is when a tissue or organ slowly wastes away. It can be caused by a number of things such as disease, malnutrition, damage to the nerves, or not enough blood flow.
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CONTRAINDICATIONS"During acute stage, carefully avoid cold applications unless very short and preceded by heat; avoid percussion applications so long as tenderness exists, that is, all forms of the Douche.
Optic Atrophy, Unspecified
Definition
Optic atrophy is a shrinking or wasting (degeneration) of nerve fibers that carry impulses for the sense of sight (optic nerve fibers).
Optic atrophy
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Muscle atrophy
... , increased urination , impotence , mental status changes, and muscle atrophy . Treatment varies with cause. an exercise cycle or resistive rubber bands to stay in shape.
Vaginal atrophy is an inflammation of the vagina that develops when there is a significant decrease in levels of the female hormone estrogen. The condition also is called atrophic vaginitis.
gastric atrophy (GAS-trik AT-ro-fee)
A condition in which the stomach muscles shrink and become weak. The digestive (peptic) glands may also shrink, resulting in a lack of digestive juices.
Muscular atrophy
Definition
Uncoordinated movement is muscle control problem or an inability to finely coordinate movements, which results in a jerky, unsteady, to-and-fro motion of the middle of the body (trunk) and unsteady gait (walking style).
Epidermal atrophy with papillary dermal scarring, patchy lymphocytic infiltrates and melanin incontinence
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Testicular atrophy (softer and smaller), failure to impregnate
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Testicular Atrophy - Shrinking of the testicles is another sign of varicoceles. Often, once the testicle is repaired it will return to normal size.
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Optic nerve atrophy Degeneration of the optic nerve, which carries vision information from the eye to the brain. People who have optic nerve atrophy may have dimmed or blurred vision as well as a reduced field of vision.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Type ALS
Juvenile Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Included
Progressive Bulbar Palsy, Included
Benign Focal Amyotrophy of ALS
Upper Motor Neuron Disease
Werdnig-Hoffman Disease
Wohlfart-Disease
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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