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Atrophic

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Adjective

1. atrophic

relating to or characterized by atrophy

Example Sentences:
'atrophic arthritis'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Atrophic

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noun plural -phies
1. 
a wasting away of an organ or part, or a failure to grow to normal size as the result of disease, faulty nutrition, etc
2. 
any degeneration or diminution, esp through lack of use
verb -phies, -phying or -phied
3. 
to waste away or cause to waste away

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Atrophic

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noun
1. 
a wasting away, esp. of body tissue, an organ, etc., or the failure of an organ or part to grow or develop, as because of insufficient nutrition
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈatrophied or ˈatrophying
2. 
to waste away or fail to develop
verb transitive
3. 
to cause atrophy in

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Atrophic

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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.

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