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atrophy

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Main Entry:
at·ro·phy 
          Listen to the pronunciation of atrophy
Pronunciation:
\ˈa-trə-fē\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural at·ro·phies
Etymology:
Late Latin atrophia, from Greek, from atrophos ill fed, from a- + trephein to nourish
Date:
1601
1: decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue ; also : arrested development or loss of a part or organ incidental to the normal development or life of an animal or plant2: a wasting away or progressive decline : degeneration <the atrophy of freedom> <was not a solitude of atrophy, of negation, but of perpetual flowering — Willa Cather>
atro·phic 
          Listen to the pronunciation of atrophic \(ˌ)ā-ˈtrō-fik\ adjective
atrophy 
          Listen to the pronunciation of atrophy \ˈa-trə-fē, -ˌfī\ verb


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