amyotrophy

British

/ ˌæmɪˈɒtrəfɪ /

noun

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

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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.

From Science Daily

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

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