Home › Words › P › pseudoatrophypseudoatrophypseudoatrophy means apparent atrophy.EtymologyFrom pseudo- + atrophy.nounApparent atrophye.g.“Thus the observed differences in GM atrophy rates in this study were most likely not caused by pseudoatrophy, but by true differences in volume loss.” — 2015 August 18, “A Longitudinal Study of Disability, Cognition and Gray Matter Atrophy in Early Multiple Sclerosis Patients According to Evidence of Disease Activity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.amyotrophy 68% match — atrophy of muscles vs pseudoatrophy →atrophiated 68% match — Atrophied. vs pseudoatrophy →fibroatrophy 67% match — fibrotic atrophy vs pseudoatrophy →atrophied 67% match — Characterized by atrophy. vs pseudoatrophy →atrogenic 66% match — That leads to atrophy vs pseudoatrophy →atrophoderma 64% match — atrophy of the skin vs pseudoatrophy →atrophy 64% match — A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. vs pseudoatrophy →atrophism 63% match — Synonym of atrophy. vs pseudoatrophy →