atrophy

at·ro·phy  (tr-f)

n. pl. at·ro·phies

1. Pathology A wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use: muscular atrophy of a person affected with paralysis.

2. A wasting away, deterioration, or diminution: intellectual atrophy.

v. at·ro·phied, at·ro·phy·ing, at·ro·phies

v.tr.

To cause to wither or deteriorate; affect with atrophy.

v.intr.

To waste away; wither or deteriorate.

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[Late Latin atrophia, from Greek atrophi, from atrophos, ill-nourished : a-, without; see a-¹ + troph, food.]

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a·trophic (-trfk) adj.

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atrophy [at-trof-fee]

Noun

pl -phies

1. a wasting away of a physical organ or part

2. a failure to grow

Verb

[-phies, -phying, -phied]

to waste away [Greek atrophos ill-fed]

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atrophy  (tr-f)

A wasting or decrease in the size of an organ or tissue, as from death and reabsorption of cells, diminished proliferation of cells, pressure, lack of oxygen, malnutrition, decreased function, or hormonal changes.

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atrophy

degeneration as the result of disuse, malnutrition, etc.

See also: Decaying

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	atrophy - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse wasting away, wasting amyotrophia, amyotrophy - progressive wasting of muscle tissues tabes - wasting of the body during a chronic disease symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease kraurosis - atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane
	2.	atrophy - any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) withering weakening - becoming weaker
Verb	1.	atrophy - undergo atrophy; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy" shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither - wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

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atrophy

verb 1. waste away, waste, shrink, diminish, deteriorate, decay, dwindle, wither, wilt, degenerate, shrivel

verb 2. decline, waste, fade, shrink, diminish, deteriorate, dwindle, wither, wilt, degenerate, shrivel, waste away

noun 3. wasting away, decline, wasting, decay, decaying, withering, deterioration, meltdown (informal) shrivelling, degeneration, diminution

noun 4. wasting, decline, decay, decaying, withering, deterioration, meltdown (informal) shrivelling, degeneration, diminution, wasting away

Translations

atrophy [ˈætrəfɪ] n → atrofia

vi → atrofiarse

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atrophy [ˈætrəfɪ] n → atrophie f

vt → atrophier

vi → s'atrophier

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atrophy [ˈætrəfɪ] n → Schwund m, Atrophie f

vt → schwinden lassen

vi → schwinden, verkümmern

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atrophy [ˈætrəfɪ] n → atrofia

vi → atrofizzarsi