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symptosis

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[simp-toh-sis] / sɪmpˈtoʊ sɪs /

noun

Pathology.

  1. local or general atrophy.

  2. wasting away; emaciation.

Etymology

Origin of symptosis

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

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

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