amyotrophy

/ ˌæmɪˈɒtrəfɪ /

noun

1. pathol wasting of muscles, caused by disease of the nerves supplying them

Example Sentences

What is known is that up to 11 percent of patients with certain neurological conditions such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and neuralgic amyotrophy either have HEV antibodies or are infected with the virus.

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At long last, my “arm thing” had a name: neuralgic amyotrophy, or N.A., which means, fittingly enough, painful wasting.

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