Phrase Hound found 4 phrases and 10 compound words that contain atrophy. The most common are listed below. Open atrophy in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 4
- geographic atrophyAn advanced form of age-related macular degeneration that can result in the progressive and irreversible loss of retinal tissue and a loss of central vision.
- spinal muscular atrophyA neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting.
- dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophyAn autosomal-dominant form of spinocerebellar degeneration, rare outside Japan.
- yellow atrophyA fatal condition of the liver in which it undergoes fatty degeneration and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice.
Compound words 10
- lipoatrophyThe loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
- scleroatrophyAny of various atrophic conditions characterized by a hardening of tissue, including atrophic fibrosis of the skin, hypoplasia of the nails, and palmoplantar keratoderma.
- pseudoatrophyApparent atrophy
- atrogeneAny gene that has an influence on atrophy of muscle tissue.
- atrophinAny of a class of proteins found in nervous tissue.
- dermatrophyatrophy (a thinning) of the skin
- encephalatrophyAtrophy of the brain.
- fibroatrophyfibrotic atrophy
- hemiatrophyatrophy that affects only one half of the body
- panatrophyatrophy of all parts of a structure or the body; general atrophy