atrophy
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophía, “a wasting away”), from ἄτροφος (átrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I fatten”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.tɹə.fi/
Noun
atrophy (countable and uncountable, plural atrophies)
Derived terms
Translations
reduced functionality
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Verb
atrophy (third-person singular simple present atrophies, present participle atrophying, simple past and past participle atrophied)
Antonyms
Translations
wither
See also
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