symptosis

[simp-toh-sis]

symp·to·sis

[simp-toh-sis]
noun Pathology.
1.
local or general atrophy.
2.
wasting away; emaciation.

Origin:
< Greek sýmptōsis a falling together, collapse, equivalent to symptō- (see symptom) + -sis -sis
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Symptosis is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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symptosis symp·to·sis (sĭm-tō'sĭs, sĭmp-)
n.
A localized or general wasting of the body.

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