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at·ro·phy A0506800 (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.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | atrophied - (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"diminished, wastedenlarged, hypertrophied - (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells; "hypertrophied myocardial fibers" |
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at·ro·phied (at'rō-fēd), Avoid the mispronunciation at'rō-fīd.Characterized by atrophy.at·ro·phied (at'rŏ-fēd) Characterized by atrophy. atrophiedenUK
Related to atrophied: disuse atrophySynonyms for atrophiedadj (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of useSynonymsAntonyms |