Atrophy

Atrophy

Wasting away of the body or of an organ or tissue, involving a decrease in size and (or) numbers of cells.

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atrophy

Biology; Neuroscience

The physical wasting away of a tissue, typically muscle, in response to disuse or other causes.

atrophy

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A wasting or decrease in size of a tissue or organ because of a reduction in the size or number of its cells. Atrophy may result from cellular death, reduced cellular division, ...

atrophy

Health care; Diseases; Orthopedics

Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscles, decrease in muscle mass.

atrophy

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Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscles, decrease in muscle mass.

atrophy

Education; SAT vocabulary

Waste away. Example: After three months in a cast, your calf muscles are bound to atrophy; you'll need physical therapy to get back in shape.

atrophy

Health care; Pharmacy

Abnormal wasting of tissues, organs, or the entire body.

recycling of waste

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Process or method allowing for the recovery of some value from a waste, either as re-usable material or as energy.

translation

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Process through which a polypeptide chain of amino acid molecules is generated as directed by the sequence of a particular messenger RNA sequence.

post-translational modification

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Processes by which proteins are biochemically modified within a cell following their synthesis in the ribosomes.

splicing

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Processes through which introns are removed from a messenger RNA prior to translation and the exons joined.

sympathomimetic

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Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.

adrenergic

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Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.

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