- muscular atrophy
- a wasting of muscle tissue; there are many kinds and causes. See also spinal muscular a.
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muscular atrophy
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Duchenne-Aran muscular atrophy (disease) — Du·chenne Aran muscular atrophy (disease) (du shenґ ah rahґ) [G.B.A. Duchenne; Franзois Amilcar Aran, French physician, 1817–1861] spinal muscular atrophy; see under atrophy … Medical dictionary
