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Category:GO:0014889 ! muscle atrophy
name: muscle atrophy
namespace: biological_process
def: "A process, occurring in the muscle, that is characterized by a decrease in protein content, fiber diameter, force production and fatigue resistance in response to different conditions such as starvation, aging and disuse." [GOC:mtg_muscle]
comment: GO:0014889 should only be used for annotation when muscle atrophy is a normal physiological process and not a disease process.
xref: Wikipedia:Muscle_atrophy
is_a: GO:0043500 ! muscle adaptation
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<GOterm>GO:0014889</GOterm>
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