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atrophy

noun

1 atrophy

A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse.

synonyms: wasting, wasting away.

Roget 195: contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease of size etc. 36; defalcation, decrement; lessening, shrinking etc. v.; compaction; ... show more

Roget 659: deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb; recession etc. 287; retrogradation etc. 283; decrease etc. 36.    ... show more

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: atrofie, verkwisting, verspilling
Polish: atrofia, uwiąd, zanik, wiąd

2 atrophy

Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use).

synonym: withering.

Polish: atrofia

verb

1 atrophy

Undergo atrophy.


Moby thesaurus: Sanforizing, abnormality, abscess, acute disease, affection, affliction, ague, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, attenuation, backache, bacterial disease ... show more.

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