Usually means: Loss of muscle mass, strength.
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  1. sarcopenia: Merriam-Webster
  2. sarcopenia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sarcopenia: The Word Spy
  4. sarcopenia: Wordnik
  5. sarcopenia: Wiktionary
  6. Sarcopenia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. sarcopenia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Sarcopenia: Merck Manuals
  3. sarcopenia: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (pathology) Gradual loss of skeletal muscle due to aging, immobility, illness, or combinations thereof.

Similar:
sarcopaenia, osteosarcopenia, osteosarcopaenia, presarcopenia, sarcoid, sarcolysis, sarcosis, sarcoglycanopathy, sarcosporidiosis, cachexia, more...

Opposite:
muscle hypertrophy, muscle gain, muscle growth

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Similar:
sarcopaenia, osteosarcopenia, osteosarcopaenia, presarcopenia, sarcoid, sarcolysis, sarcosis, sarcoglycanopathy, sarcosporidiosis, cachexia, more...

Opposite:
muscle hypertrophy, muscle gain, muscle growth



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