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amyotrophy

/ ˌæmɪˈɒtrəfɪ /

noun

  1. pathol wasting of muscles, caused by disease of the nerves supplying them
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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

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