atrophy

But as his body began failing him due to progressive muscular atrophy, the myth crumbled.

The basis for that analogy is the profound neuronal atrophy and loss associated with advanced dementia.

Participants in the latest trial had an advanced stage of age-related macular degeneration known as geographic atrophy, which progressively destroys central vision.

Obesity typically causes a reduction in muscle fiber diameter, but green tea prevented this muscle atrophy.

Jessica is one of a "cluster" of people in south Wales affected by Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy, or DRPLA, an inherited and progressive neurological disorder for which there is no known treatment or cure.