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Decrease in the size of a cell, tissue, organ, or multiple organs, associated with a variety of pathological conditions such as abnormal cellular changes, ischemia, malnutrition, or hormonal changes.
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- Atrophies
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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NIM; coord with organ/pathol (IM)
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- National Library of Medicine. Atrophy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001284. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001284
- Atrophy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrophy
- Atrophy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194520