at·ro·phy ( t r -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. [Late Latin atrophia, from Greek atrophi  , from atrophos, ill-nourished : a-, without; see a-1 + troph, food.]a·troph ic (-tr f k) adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. | atrophic - relating to or characterized by atrophy; "atrophic arthritis" |
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