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AMIOTROFIA [1 record]

Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Muscles and Tendons
DEF

Diminished muscle mass or bulk which may be localized or generalized, symmetrical or asymmetrical. It is usually but not invariably accompanied by weakness and occurs from disease or from damage to muscle tissue or motor nerves.

CONT

More than twenty-five years after they seemed to recover, polio victims began to succumb to a new round of weakness, pain, fatigue, and progressive muscle atrophy.

OBS

muscle atrophy: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

Key term(s)
  • amyotrophy
  • amyotrophia
  • myatrophy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Muscles et tendons
DEF

Diminution de volume d'un muscle du à une lésion du motoneurone périphérique (amyotrophie neurogène) aiguë ou chronique, à une dystrophie musculaire, à une immobilisation prolongée ou à un traitement médicamenteux.

OBS

amyotrophie : terme privilégié par le Comité des sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Músculos y tendones
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