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BROWN ATROPHY

\bɹˈa͡ʊn ˈatɹəfi], \bɹˈa‍ʊn ˈatɹəfi], \b_ɹ_ˈaʊ_n ˈa_t_ɹ_ə_f_i]\

Definitions of BROWN ATROPHY

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Atrophy with brown discoloration.
atrophy in which the organ takes on a brownish hue.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A form of atrophy of the heart muscle characterized by an accumulation of brown pigment granules around the nucleus.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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