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abiotrophy, n. Path.|eɪbaɪˈɒtrəfɪ|
[f. a- + Gr. βιοτρόϕος life-sustaining, f. βίος (see bio-) + τροϕή nourishment: see -y3.]
Degeneration or progressive loss of function in a tissue or organ; a condition characterized by this.
1902W. R. Gowers in Lancet 12 Apr. 1003/1 Here the simplest mode of obtaining what we need is to insert the root of βιος after the negative particle in ‘atrophy’ which gives us ‘abiotrophy’. But it is generally better, if you can, to appropriate what you need than to make it afresh, and we find the word βιοτροϕος used in the sense of ‘vital nutrition’. If we prefix the negative particle we have the same word, ‘abiotrophy’. 1938J. H. Parsons Dis. Eye (ed. 9) xvii. 343 Treacher Collins, however, has advanced the theory that the disease is due to abiotrophy of the neuro-epithelium. 1976Brain XCIX. 459 (title) Neurotransmitter-related enzymes and indices of hypoxia in senile dementia and other abiotrophies. 1979Adv. Human Genetics IX. ii. 93 The term abiotrophy is usually reserved for an apparently nonmetabolic disturbance of function in an organ previously apparently normally developed and functioning.
So abiotrophic |-ˈtrɒfɪk, -ˈtrəʊfɪk| a.
1902W. R. Gowers in Lancet 12 Apr. 1007/2, I would especially impress upon you the fact which is illustrated by the lad whom I have shown you—the sporadic occurrence of these abiotrophic diseases. 1962A. Sorsby in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism Rel. Cataract 297 The distinction between congenital and abiotrophic defect is not readily applied to cataract. 1991Cosmetics & Toiletries Mar. 74/1 Microcirculatory activation is indicated..for the management of the aging skin..and of the regressive abiotrophic pannicular disease of the lower limbs and the female breast secondary to venous stasis and/or chronic venous insufficiency. |