A medical condition where the heart muscle becomes abnormally thin or wastes away.
From Greek 'kardia' (heart) + 'atrophia' (wasting away), combining the roots for heart and the process of tissue degeneration.
Heart atrophy is particularly tragic because it means the one muscle that needs to stay strong is actually getting weaker—like your body's strongest pump slowly losing its power.
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