Preferred Name

Wasting Syndrome [Disease/Finding]

Synonyms

Wasting Disease

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000003909

altLabel

Wasting Disease

Wasting Syndrome

cui

C0043046

MESH DEFINITION

A condition of involuntary weight loss of greater then 10% of baseline body weight. It is characterized by atrophy of muscles and depletion of lean body mass. Wasting is a sign of MALNUTRITION as a result of inadequate dietary intake, malabsorption, or hypermetabolism.

MESH DUI

D019282

MeSH name

Wasting Syndrome

MESH UI

M0028712

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000003909

NUI

N0000003909

prefLabel

Wasting Syndrome [Disease/Finding]

SNOMED CID

288517002

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000002004

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