A medical condition where the bladder becomes shrunken or wasted due to chronic disease or scarring.
From Greek 'kystis' (bladder) + 'phthisis' (wasting disease, from 'phthiein' meaning to waste away). The term describes the progressive deterioration of bladder tissue.
The word 'phthisis' was historically used for tuberculosis because patients wasted away—so cystophthisis means the bladder itself is wasting, which can happen from severe infections or repeated trauma.
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