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atrophy
[ a-truh-fee ]
noun
- Also 补路迟谤辞路辫丑颈路补 [] Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse:
He argued that there was a progressive atrophy of freedom and independence of thought.
verb (used with or without object)
- to affect with or undergo atrophy.
atrophy
/ 藞忙tr蓹f瑟; 蓹藞tr蓲f瑟k /
noun
- a wasting away of an organ or part, or a failure to grow to normal size as the result of disease, faulty nutrition, etc
- any degeneration or diminution, esp through lack of use
verb
- to waste away or cause to waste away
atrophy
- A wasting or decrease in the size of an organ or tissue, as from death and reabsorption of cells, diminished proliferation of cells, pressure, lack of oxygen, malnutrition, decreased function, or hormonal changes.
Notes
Derived Forms
- atrophic, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补路迟谤辞辫丑路颈肠 [uh, -, trof, -ik, uh, -, troh, -fik], adjective
- 苍辞苍顎卆路迟谤辞辫丑顎僫肠 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of atrophy1
Example Sentences
Any principles beyond those have atrophied into invisibility.
That leaves audiences with the impression that the moviegoing experience is only for big blockbusters, which he said would eventually 鈥渁trophy鈥 the network needed to make even those films successful.
How and why did civics and social studies education atrophy in America鈥檚 schools?
Without that force, bone density and muscles can atrophy and weaken, with bones becoming 1% less dense for every month spent in space without any measures performed to combat bone loss.
A Record Price: The gene therapy Zolgensma helped children born with a fatal disease, spinal muscular atrophy, grow up to run and play.
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