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English

Etymology

From French atrophie < atrophia < (atrophia) “a wasting away” < (atrophos) “ill-fed, un-nourished” < (a-) “not” + (trophē) “nourishment” < (trephō) “I fatten.”

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈæ.trə.fi/

Noun

A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.

Translations

Albanian: atrofi
Czech: zakrnění
Finnish: atrofia, surkastuneisuus

Greek: ατροφία (atrofia)
Italian: atrofia
Swedish: atrofi

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Atrophy \At"ro*phy\, n. [L. atrophia, Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? to
nourish: cf. F. atrophie.]
A wasting away from lack of nourishment; diminution in bulk
or slow emaciation of the body or of any part. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Atrophy \At"ro*phy\, v. t. [p. p. Atrophied.]
To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or
weaken.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet atrophy
n 1: a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
[syn: wasting, wasting away]
2: any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of
use) [syn: withering]
v : undergo atrophy; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy"
[also: atrophied]

Moby Dictionary
Sanforizing , abnormality , abscess , acute disease , affection ,
affliction , ague , ailment , allergic disease , allergy , anemia ,
ankylosis , anoxia , apnea , asphyxiation , asthma , ataxia ,
attenuation , backache , bacterial disease , birth defect , bleeding ,
blennorhea , blight , cachexia , cachexy , cardiovascular disease ,
chill , chills , chronic disease , circulatory disease , colic ,
complaint , complication , condition , congenital defect ,
constipation , consume , consume away , consumption , convulsion ,
coughing , cyanosis , decadence , declension , declination , decline ,
defect , deficiency disease , deformity , degeneracy , degeneration ,
degenerative disease , devolution , diarrhea , disability , disease ,
disorder , distemper , dizziness , downfall , downgrade , dribble away ,
dropsy , drying , drying up , dysentery , dyspepsia , dyspnea , edema ,
emaceration , emaciate , emaciation , endemic , endemic disease ,
endocrine disease , epidemic disease , fainting , fatigue , fever ,
fibrillation , flux , functional disease , fungus disease ,
gastrointestinal disease , genetic disease , growth , handicap ,
hemorrhage , hereditary disease , high blood pressure , hydrops ,
hypertension , hypotension , iatrogenic disease , icterus , illness ,
indigestion , indisposition , infectious disease , infirmity ,
inflammation , insomnia , itching , jaundice , labored breathing ,
low blood pressure , lumbago , malady , malaise , marasmus ,
marcescence , morbidity , morbus , muscular disease , nasal discharge ,
nausea , necrosis , neurological disease , nutritional disease ,
occupational disease , organic disease , pain , pandemic disease ,
paralysis , parching , pathological condition , pathology , pine away ,
plant disease , preshrinkage , protozoan disease , pruritus ,
psychosomatic disease , rash , respiratory disease , rheum , rockiness ,
run to seed , run to waste , sclerosis , searing , secondary disease ,
seediness , seizure , shock , shrinkage , shrinking , shriveling ,
sickishness , sickness , signs , skin eruption , sneezing , sore , spasm ,
symptomatology , symptomology , symptoms , syndrome , tabes ,
tachycardia , the pip , thinning , tumor , upset stomach ,
urogenital disease , vertigo , virus disease , vomiting , wastage ,
waste , waste away , wasting , wasting disease , wilting , wither away ,
withering , worm disease

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