noun
muscular atrophy; amyotrophy
Medical term for the wasting or loss of muscle tissue. Often used in compound disease names like 脊髄性筋萎縮症 (spinal muscular atrophy).
筋萎縮症は、筋肉が徐々にやせていく病気です。
Muscular atrophy is a disease in which muscles gradually waste away.
脊髄性筋萎縮症の治療法が進歩している。
Treatments for spinal muscular atrophy are advancing.