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atrophy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (atrophía, “a wasting away”), from ??????? (átrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ?- (a-, “not”) + ????? (troph?, “nourishment”), from ????? (tréph?, “I fatten”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æ.t??.fi/

Noun

atrophy (countable and uncountable, plural atrophies)

  1. (pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. [from early 17th c.]

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

atrophy (third-person singular simple present atrophies, present participle atrophying, simple past and past participle atrophied)

  1. (intransitive) To wither or waste away. [from early 18th c.]
  2. (transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

Antonyms

  • hypertrophy
  • strengthen

Translations

See also

  • -trophy
  • hypotrophy

Further reading

  • atrophy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

atrophy From the web:

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  • what does atrophy mean in medical terms

emaciation

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

emaciation (countable and uncountable, plural emaciations)

  1. The act of making very lean.
  2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Related terms

  • emaciate

Translations

emaciation From the web:

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  • what causes emaciation in humans
  • what is emaciation in biology
  • what causes emaciation in cattle
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