pseudoatrophy

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ atrophy.

Noun

pseudoatrophy (uncountable)

1. Apparent atrophy
   • 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^[1], →DOI:

     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.