Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Degeneration due to congenital deficiency of vital force.
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- noun medicine Premature
degeneration ofcells ortissues , especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
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- noun a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury
Etymologies
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abio- (“without life”) + -trophy (“development”)
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Examples
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Studies have shown that a horse can carry the gene for equine cerebellar abiotrophy and not be affected by it.
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