| SBMA | spinal bulbar muscular atrophy |
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| SMA | sequential multiple analysis or analyzer; sequential multichannel autoanalyzer; simultaneous multich... |
| SPMA | spinal progressive muscular atrophy |
| STVA | subtotal villose atrophy |
| SVA | selective vagotomy and antrectomy; selective visceral angiography; sequential ventriculoatrial [paci... |
| fatty atrophy | Fatty infiltration secondary to an atrophy of the essential elements of an organ or tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Zimmerlin's atrophy | A variety of hereditary progressive muscular atrophy in which the atrophy begins in the upper half of the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linear atrophy | Bands of thin wrinkled skin, initially red but becoming purple and white, which occur commonly on the abdomen, buttocks, and thighs at puberty and/or during and following pregnancy, and result from atrophy of the dermis and overextension of the skin; also associated with ascites and Cushing's syndrome. Synonym: atrophoderma striatum, lineae albicantes, lineae atrophicae, linear atrophy, stretch marks, stria, striae atrophicae, striate atrophy of skin, traction atrophy, vergeture. (05 Mar 2000) |