atrophy (noun)

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• atrophy — verb (I, T) to become weak or make something become weak because of lack of use or lack of blood: therapy to prevent the leg muscles from atrophying atrophy noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• atrophy — noun (plural phies) Etymology: Late Latin atrophia, from Greek, from atrophos ill fed, from a + trephein to nourish Date: 1601 1. decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue; also arrested development or loss of a part or organ… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• atrophy — ► VERB (atrophies, atrophied) 1) (of body tissue or an organ) waste away. 2) gradually become less effective or vigorous. ► NOUN ▪ the condition or process of atrophying. DERIVATIVES atrophic adjective …   English terms dictionary

• Atrophy — For the American thrash metal band, see Atrophy (band) Atrophy Classification and external resources Mice with spinal muscular atrophy MeSH …   Wikipedia

• atrophy — [[t]æ̱trəfi[/t]] atrophies, atrophying, atrophied 1) VERB If a muscle or other part of the body atrophies, it decreases in size or strength, often as a result of an illness. [FORMAL] Scott s muscle atrophied, his leg became stunted, and he was… …   English dictionary

• atrophy — {{11}}atrophy (n.) a wasting away through lack of nourishment, 1620s (atrophied is from 1590s), from Fr. atrophie, from L.L. atrophia, from Gk. atrophia a wasting away, noun of state from atrophos ill fed, un nourished, from a not + trophe… …   Etymology dictionary

• atrophy — 1. verb muscles atrophy in microgravity Syn: waste away, become emaciated, wither, shrivel (up), shrink; decay, decline, deteriorate, degenerate, weaken Ant: strengthen, flourish 2. noun muscular atrophy Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• atrophy — I UK [ˈætrəfɪ] / US noun [uncountable] medical a medical condition in which a part of your body becomes weaker or smaller because you are not using it or because blood is not reaching it II UK [ˈætrəfɪ] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word… …   English dictionary

• atrophy — /ˈætrəfi / (say atruhfee) noun 1. Pathology wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or other cause. 2. degeneration; reduction in size and functional power through lack of use. –verb (atrophied, atrophying)… …  

• atrophy — at|ro|phy1 [ ætrəfi ] noun uncount MEDICAL a medical condition in which a part of your body becomes weaker or smaller because you are not using it or because blood is not reaching it atrophy at|ro|phy 2 [ ætrəfi ] verb intransitive or transitive… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• atrophy — 1. noun /ˈæ.trə.fi/ A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. 2. verb /ˈæ.trə.fi/ To wither or …   Wiktionary