a wasting away of an organ or part, or a failure to grow to normal size as the result of disease, faulty nutrition, etc
2.
any degeneration or diminution, esp through lack of use
verbWord forms: -phies, -phying or -phied
3.
to waste away or cause to waste away
Derived forms
atrophic (əˈtrɒfɪk)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from Late Latin atrophia, from Greek, from atrophos ill-fed, from a-1 + -trophos from trephein to feed
Examples of 'atrophia' in a sentence
atrophia
The degree of dental caries and the degree of parodonte atrophia were determined.
A. V. Valda, A. P. Levitsky 2017, 'Cariesprofilactic and parodontoprotective effects of oral gel “Quertulin” on rats,which received prednisolone', Journal of Education, Health and Sporthttp://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5207. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)