Look up: atrophy

1. Atrophy
   To waste away, to wither. The decrease in size of a tissue, organ occurs after full development. It is a condition in which the affected cells undergo degenerative and auto-lytic changes, decrease in size, and have a lessened functional capacity.
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2. atrophy
   [n] - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse 2. [n] - any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) 3. [v] - undergo atrophy
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3. Atrophy
   Withering away Decrease in size and functional ability of tissue or organs.
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4. Atrophy
   Reduction in size and/or mass of cells and tissues, especially relating to muscle fibres.
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5. atrophy
   Wasting away of the body or of an organ or tissue, involving a decrease in size and (or) numbers of cells.
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6. Atrophy
   The process which is observed during the wasting of a tissue or an organ.
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7. Atrophy
   The process which is observed during the wasting of a tissue or an organ.
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8. Atrophy
   To shrink.
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9. Atrophy
   the shrinkage or near disappearance of a tissue or organ
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10. Atrophy
    Wasting away or emaciation. Usually modified e.g. Brain atrophy
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11. Atrophy
    Wasting away or decrease in size of a part of the body
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12. Atrophy
    wasting
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13. Atrophy
    degeneration or shrinkage [Collins]
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14. Atrophy
    To shrival or shrink from disuse, as in muscular atrophy.
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15. Atrophy
    A wasting away through cell degeneration.
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16. Atrophy
    Atrophy: Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscle, decrease in muscle mass. A nerve can also show atrophy. For example, atrophy of the optic nerve diminishes vision.
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17. atrophy
    degeneration of the optic nerve fibers,characterized by pallor of the optic nerve head which may appear grayish,yellowish or white.Visual loss usually accompanies this condition Category: Medicine
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18. Atrophy
    Decrease in size and functional ability of tissue or organs.
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19. atrophy
    Wasting away of tissue.
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20. Atrophy
    At'ro·phy noun [ Latin atrophia , Greek ...; 'a priv. + ... to nourish: confer French atrophie .] A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part. Milton.
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21. Atrophy
    At'ro·phy transitive verb [ past participle Atrophied ] To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
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22. Atrophy
    At'ro·phy intransitive verb To waste away; to dwindle.
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23. atrophy
    <pathology> A wasting away, a diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, organ or part. ... Origin: L., Gr. Atrophia ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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24. atrophy
    withering noun any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
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25. atrophy
    wasting noun a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
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