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symp•to•sis
(simp tō′sis),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
- Pathologylocal or general atrophy.
- Pathologywasting away;
emaciation.
- Greek sýmptōsis a falling together, collapse, equivalent. to symptō- (see symptom) + -sis -sis