what is cerebral atrophy?

Answer 1

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cerebral_atrophy/cerebral_atrophy.htm look here

Answer 2

Im studying in medical terminology and we just finished the chapter on the nervous system......atrophy means without development, wasting away......and cerebral refers to the brain........so there is cleary a neurological problem where the brain isnt developing properly or is degenarating. Now this could mean many things, cerebral atrophy is more like a general diagnosis, there are many things which cause cerebral atrophy. But in short, thats what it means