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atrophy
noun
(at-ro-phy)
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Synonyms:
wasting
, wasting away,
atrophy
noun
(at-ro-phy)
any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
Synonyms:
withering
,
atrophy
verb
(at-ro-phy)
undergo atrophy
Examples:
Muscles that are not used will atrophy.
Words Related to
atrophy
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wasting
,
withering
,
wasting away
,
shrinkage
,
contraction
,
shrinking
,
degeneration
,
hypertrophy
,
paralysis
,
paresis
,
sclerosis
,
dystrophy
,
cerebellar
,
hypotonia
,
degenerative disorder
,
numbness
,
debility
,
hypotrophy
,
decay
,
spinal curvature
,
ossification
,
parkinsonism
,
regress
,
immobility
,
overactivity
,
dysfunction
,
fusiform
,
arteriosclerotic
,
debilitation
,
recumbency
,
anal sphincter
,
fatty degeneration
,
neuromotor
,
fibrosis
,
baroreceptor
,
gyrus
,
pannus
,
oculomotor
,
lordosis
,
contractility
,
kyphosis
,
vasoconstriction
,
hemiplegia
,
tabes dorsalis
,
detrusor
,
alkalosis
,
demyelination
,
pathologies
,
varicosities
,
nerve entrapment
,
derangement
,
dysphasia
,
lateralization
,
deterioration
,
abnormalities
,
dysgenesis
,
isometric exercise
,
diminishment
,
hemorrhage
,
claudication
,
locomotor
,
hypopituitarism
,
decrepitude
,
hepatomegaly
,
nephritis
,
cortices
,
arthropathy
,
incoordination
,
neuritis
,
rot
,
innervation
,
emaciation
,
striated muscle
,
stagnation
,
sensorimotor
,
myotonia
,
overstrain
,
deformity
,
vermis
,
pleurothotonus
,
vasodilatation
,
herniation
,
distensibility
,
involution
,
depersonalization
,
lymphadenopathy
,
anosognosia
,
sensory neuron
,
bipolarity
,
reticular
,
flabbiness
,
hiatus hernia
,
cerebral hemisphere
,
myotonic dystrophy
,
teres minor
,
parenchyma
,
hypoplasia
,
motoneurons
,
degradation
,
vasomotor
,
atrophy
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