atrophic

at·ro·phy

 (ăt′rə-fē)

n. pl. at·ro·phies

1. 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 atrophiā, from atrophos, ill-nourished : a-, without; see a-¹ + trophē, food.]

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a·troph′ic (ā-trŏf′ĭk) adj.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

atrophic - relating to or characterized by atrophy; "atrophic arthritis"

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Translations

atrophisch

atrofico