English Explanatory Dictionary

sarcopenia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Gradual loss of skeletal muscle due to aging, immobility, illness, or combinations thereof.

Word forms

sarcopenia sarcopenias

Etymology

From sarco- + -penia; widely agreed to have been coined circa 1989 by Irwin H. Rosenberg.

Derived words

osteosarcopenia presarcopenia sarcopenic
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