Sarcopenia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sarcopenia is a noun meaning (pathology) Gradual loss of skeletal muscle due to aging, immobility, illness, or combinations thereof.
Meaning
(pathology) Gradual loss of skeletal muscle due to aging, immobility, illness, or combinations thereof.
Example Sentences
Factors contributing to frailty include sarcopenia and decline in executive function.
When no evident cause of gradual-onset chronic sarcopenia is present in an older person, age-associated (primary) sarcopenia is diagnosed, and further examination of long-term habits that may have led to sarcopenia is appropriate.
2021, Beatrice Gasperini, Stefano Volpato, Antonio Cherubini, Chapter 9: Acute Sarcopenia, Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, John E. Morley (editors), Sarcopenia, John Wiley & Sons (Wiley Blackwell), 2nd Edition, page 96, The incidence of sarcopenia was investigated in the GLISTEN study. Sarcopenia at hospital admission was diagnosed in 227 (34.7%) patients.
Word Forms
- sarcopenias
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sarcopaenia, osteosarcopenia, osteosarcopaenia, presarcopenia, sarcoid, sarcolysis.
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