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| NOUN | 1 | atrophy, wasting, wasting away | A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse |
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| 2 | atrophy, withering | Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) | |
| VERB | 1 | atrophy | Undergo atrophy |
| Sounds | ae'trahfiy |
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| Rhymes | apostrophe, autobiography, beefy, and 46 more rhymes in fiy... |
| Meaning | A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse. |
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| Synonyms | wasting, wasting away |
| Broader | symptom |
| Narrower | amyotrophia, amyotrophy; tabes; kraurosis |
| Adjectives | atrophic |
| Verbs | atrophy |
| Meaning | Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use). |
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| Synonyms | withering |
| Broader | weakening |
| Verbs | atrophy |
| Meaning | Undergo atrophy. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s |
| Examples | "Muscles that are not used will atrophy" |
| Broader | shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither |
| Nouns | atrophy; atrophy |
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