What does muscular atrophy mean?

Definitions for muscular atrophy
mus·cu·lar at·ro·phy

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Muscular Atrophy

    Derangement in size and number of muscle fibers occurring with aging, reduction in blood supply, or following immobilization, prolonged weightlessness, malnutrition, and particularly in denervation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of muscular atrophy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of muscular atrophy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of muscular atrophy in a Sentence

  1. Chief Executive George Scangos:

    Five years down the road, with some luck, we'll have an Alzheimer's drug that's getting approved, i hope we can transform the treatment of MS. By that time, we will have made substantial progress on ALS and other nerve degenerative diseases, spinal muscular atrophy in kids. All that stuff is on our plate.

  2. Chief Executive George Scangos:

    I hope we can transform the treatment of MS. By that time, we will have made substantial progress on ALS and other nerve degenerative diseases, spinal muscular atrophy in kids. All that stuff is on our plate.

  3. Laura Van Doormaal:

    When we first took her home, we were in newborn bliss. Just absolutely in love with her. She was a great baby, but we started to realize her movement was declining. She had trouble breathing and eating. When she was five weeks old, she was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy.

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