英语词汇“atrophy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

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

a·trophic (ā-trŏfĭk) adj.

单词	atrophy
释义	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. [Late Latin atrophia, from Greek atrophiā, from atrophos, ill-nourished : a-, without; see A-¹ + trophē, food.] a·trophic (ā-trŏfĭk) adj.
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