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pseudoatrophy

pseudoatrophy noun: apparent atrophy.

Noun

pseudoatrophy (uncountable)

  1. Apparent atrophy
    • Thus the observed differences in GM atrophy rates in this study were most likely not caused by pseudoatrophy, but by true differences in volume loss.2015 August 18, “A Longitudinal Study of Disability, Cognition and Gray Matter Atrophy in Early Multiple Sclerosis Patients According to Evidence of Disease Activity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of pseudoatrophy

From pseudo- + atrophy.

Questions about pseudoatrophy

What does pseudoatrophy mean?
Pseudoatrophy means apparent atrophy.
What part of speech is pseudoatrophy?
Pseudoatrophy is a noun.

Words near pseudoatrophy in the dictionary

  1. pseudoasymmetry
  2. pseudoathletic
  3. pseudoatom
  4. pseudoatomic
  5. pseudoatoms
  6. pseudoatrophy
  7. pseudoautochiria
  8. pseudoautomatic
  9. pseudoautosomal
  10. pseudoautosomic
  11. pseudoaxes

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