Sarcopenia is the degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass (0.5 -- 1 % loss per year after the age of 50), quality, and strength associated with aging. Sarcopenia is a component of the frailty syndrome. It is often a component of cachexia. It can also exist independently of cachexia; whereas cachexia includes malaise and is secondary to an underlying pathosis (such as cancer), sarcopenia may occur in healthy people and does not necessarily include malaise. The term is from Greek σάρξ sarx, "flesh '' and πενία penia, "poverty ''.
age-related loss of muscle mass and strength is called
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