symptosis

[ simp-toh-sis ]

/ sɪmpˈtoʊ sɪs /

noun Pathology.

local or general atrophy.

wasting away; emaciation.

Nearby words

symptomatize, symptomatology, symptomatolytic, symptomize, symptomless, symptosis, syn, syn-, syn., synaeresis, synaesthesia

Origin of symptosis

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

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Medicine definitions for symptosis

symptosis

[ sĭm-tō′sĭs, sĭmp- ]

n.

A localized or general wasting of the body.

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