symptosis

[simp-toh-sis]

noun Pathology.

local or general atrophy.
wasting away; emaciation.

Origin of symptosis

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

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symptosis in Medicine

symptosis

[sĭm-tō′sĭs, sĭmp-]

n.

A localized or general wasting of the body.

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