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atrophy

10 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) atrophy (noun)
  2. 2) atrophy (verb)
  3. acute yellow atrophy (noun)
  4. gyrate atrophy (noun)
  5. multiple system atrophy (noun)
  6. olivopontocerebellar atrophy (noun)
  7. optic atrophy (noun)
  8. peroneal muscular atrophy (noun)
  9. spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (noun)
  10. spinal muscular atrophy (noun)

1at·ro·phy

noun \ˈa-trə-fē\
plural ; at·ro·phies

Definition of ATROPHY

: 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 plant

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