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[ a-truh-feed ] / ˈæ trə fid / SEE SYNONYMS FOR atrophied ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveexhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent. Origin of atrophiedFirst recorded in 1590–1600; atrophy + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM atrophiednon·at·ro·phied, adjectiveun·at·ro·phied, adjectiveWords nearby atrophiedatrophic arthritis, atrophic excavation, atrophic gastritis, atrophic rhinitis, atrophic vaginitis, atrophied, atrophoderma, atrophodermatosis, atrophy, atropine, atropism Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for atrophiedInevitably, the old visceral “hands-on” flying skills, no longer much employed by pilots, have atrophied like an unused limb. Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?|Clive Irving|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST That appears, at best, to be feeble, at worst to have atrophied altogether. Why’s Al Qaeda So Strong? Washington Has (Literally) No idea|Bruce Riedel|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Most pythons have atrophied useless pelvises floating inside their abdomens, not connected to anything. The Crazy Way Creationists Try To Explain Human Tails Without Evolution|Karl W. Giberson|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Restoring the atrophied Israeli Zionist left is the only way to ensure movement on the peace process. Israelis Giving Palestinians Their Votes|Mira Sucharov|January 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The problem is that the physical part of the art of flying has atrophied. The New Cockpit Threat|Clive Irving|October 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST Some of his mental faculties have become stunted and atrophied through lack of exercise. What Is and What Might Be|Edmond Holmes If her heart had not been atrophied she would have loved the boy whom she always treated with motherly gentleness. A Bed of Roses|W. L. George We all know the civilised, the industrial eye--how atrophied, how small and formless and expressionless it has become. The operation is as follows: Suppose that the atrophied arm is the left one. Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887|Various But now a wasted brain; squandered, atrophied, gone soft with disuse. Dangerous Ages|Rose Macaulay
Words related to atrophiedbony, emaciated, skeletal, gaunt, skinny, scrawny, anorexic, dim, abate, ebb, dwindle, subside, atrophy, wither, decrease, fade, slacken, peter out, shrink, weaken Medical definitions for atrophied
adj.Characterized by atrophy. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |