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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024at•ro•phied (a′trə fēd),USA pronunciation adj. - exhibiting or affected with atrophy;
wasted;
withered;
shriveled:an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024at•ro•phy /ˈætrəfi/USA pronunciation n., v., -phied, -phy•ing. n. [uncountable] - a wasting away of the body, as from poor nutrition, nerve damage, or disuse.
v. [no object] - to undergo atrophy;
wither;
degenerate:His crippled leg began to atrophy with no exercise. - to become weakened;
decline:Industry atrophied in bad economic times.
at•ro•phied, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024at•ro•phy (a′trə fē),USA pronunciation n., v., -phied, -phy•ing. n. Also, a•tro•phi•a (ə trō′fē ə).USA pronunciation [Pathol.]a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.- degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse:He argued that there was a progressive atrophy of freedom and independence of thought.
v.t., v.i. - to affect with or undergo atrophy.
- Greek, equivalent. to átroph(os) not fed (see a-6, tropho-) + -ia -ia
- Late Latin atrophia
- Middle French)
- 1590–1600; earlier atrophie (
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: atrophy /ˈætrəfɪ/ n ( pl -phies)- a wasting away of an organ or part, or a failure to grow to normal size as the result of disease, faulty nutrition, etc
- any degeneration or diminution, esp through lack of use
vb ( -phies, -phying, -phied)- to waste away or cause to waste away
Etymology: 17th Century: from Late Latin atrophia, from Greek, from atrophos ill-fed, from a-1 + -trophos from trephein to feedatrophic /əˈtrɒfɪk/ adj |