atrophy

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  1. noun Pathology A wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use: muscular atrophy of a person affected with paralysis.
  2. noun A wasting away, deterioration, or diminution: intellectual atrophy.
  3. transitive verb To cause to wither or deteriorate; affect with atrophy.
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  • More information: ifferent atrophy-hypertrophy transcription pathways in muscles affected by severe and mild spinal muscular atrophy, Caterina Millino, Marina Fanin, Andrea Vettori, Paolo Laveder, Maria Luisa Mostacciuolo, Corrado Angelini and Gerolamo Lanfranchi, —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • Baby Michael suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, a life-threatening disease. —  Ottaway Online Editors
  • While size of the stroke did not correlate when compared to the control group, the presence of brain atrophy was a significant predictor of delusions. —  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source
  • Brain atrophy is associated with Alzheimer's disease and impaired cognitive function. —  Clipmarks | Live Clips
  • Existing groups begin to atrophy, and individuals are met with complete disappointment, as they no longer have an easy out for all their problems. —  Everything2 New Writeups
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  1. Late Latin atrophia, from Greek atrophiā, from atrophos, ill-nourished : a-, without; see a-1 + trophē, food.

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  1. = French atrophie, from Late Latin atrophia, from Greek ἀτροφία, wasting, lack of nourishment, from ἄτροφος, not well fed, from ἀ- privative + τρέφειν, nourish, feed.
  2. from atrophy, n.
 

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