symptosis

[simp-toh-sis]

noun

Pathology.

1. local or general atrophy.

2. wasting away; emaciation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of symptosis¹

< Greek sýmptōsis a falling together, collapse, equivalent to symptō- ( symptom ) + -sis -sis

Example Sentences

Symptosis, simp-tō′sis, n. the meeting of polars of the same point with reference to different loci.

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