Pseudoatrophy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Apparent atrophy uncountable

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From pseudo- + atrophy.

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