Associations to the word «Amyotrophic»

Wiktionary

AMYOTROPHIC, adjective. (medicine) Characterized by atrophy of the muscles
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS, noun. (pathology) (neurology) A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats