pseudoatrophy

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ atrophy

Noun

pseudoatrophy (uncountable)

  1. Apparent atrophy
    • 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:10.1371/journal.pone.0135974:
      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.
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