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myogenic
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myogenic /my·o·gen·ic/ (-jen´ik)
1. pertaining to myogenesis.
2. originating in myocytes or muscle tissue.

my·o·gen·ic (m-jnk) or my·o·ge·net·ic (m-j-ntk)
adj.
1. Giving rise to or forming muscular tissue.
2. Of muscular origin.

myogenic
giving rise to or forming muscle tissue.

myogenic atrophy
atrophy which is intrinsic to the muscle and not to its nerve, neurogenic atrophy, or to its blood supply, ischemic atrophy.

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