- trophoneurotic atrophy
- atrophy due to disease of the nerves or of a center supplying a part.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
trophoneurotic atrophy
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Atrophy — Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscle, decrease in muscle mass. A nerve can also show atrophy. For example, atrophy of the optic nerve diminishes vision. * * * A wasting of tissues, organs, or the entire body, as from… … Medical dictionary
trophoneurosis — A trophic disorder, such as atrophy, hypertrophy, or a skin eruption, occurring as a consequence of disease or injury of the nerves of the part. [tropho + G. neuron, nerve, + osis, condition] * * * tro·pho·neu·ro·sis … Medical dictionary
