| NOUN | state | atrophy, wasting, wasting away | a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse |
|---|---|---|---|
| event | atrophy, withering | any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) | |
| VERB | body | atrophy | undergo atrophy / atrophy |
| Sounds | ae'trahfiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | apostrophe ... typography: 53 rhymes with fiy... | |
| Meaning | A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse. | |
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| Synonyms | wasting, wasting away | |
| Narrower | amyotrophia, amyotrophy | progressive wasting of muscle tissues |
| kraurosis | atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane | |
| tabes | Wasting of the body during a chronic disease | |
| Broader | symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
| Spanish | atrofia | |
| Catalan | atròfia | |
| Adjectives | atrophic | relating to or characterized by atrophy |
| Verbs | atrophy | undergo atrophy / atrophy |
| Meaning | Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | withering | |
| Broader | weakening | Becoming weaker |
| Spanish | atrofia | |
| Verbs | atrophy | undergo atrophy / atrophy |
| Meaning | Undergo atrophy / atrophy. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Example | "Muscles that are not used will atrophy" | |
| Broader | shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither | wither, as with a loss of moisture |
| Spanish | atrofiarse, atrofiar | |
| Catalan | atrofiar-se, atrofiar | |
| Nouns | atrophy | any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) |
| atrophy | a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse | |
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