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symp⋅to⋅sis

  [simp-toh-sis]
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–noun Pathology.
1. local or general atrophy.
2. wasting away; emaciation.
Origin:
< Gk sýmptōsis a falling together, collapse, equiv. to symptō- (see symptom ) + -sis -sis
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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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