| 单词 | atrophied |
| 释义 | atrophied (once / 14310 pages) adj Describe something as atrophied if it's shrunken or made smaller and weaker because of illness. If you've ever had a broken arm, you know that after months inside a cast your muscles become somewhat atrophied. Medically, when a body part is atrophied, it's started to waste away. Arms and legs can become atrophied from injury or disuse, and even internal organs can be atrophied when they're affected by disease. People who don't have enough food to eat eventually develop atrophied bodies, diminished by lack of nutrition. The Greek root is atrophia, "a wasting away," from a, "not," and trophe, "nourishment." WORD FAMILYatrophy: atrophied, atrophies, atrophying USAGE EXAMPLES“The femur healed, but being on crutches for three months led to imbalances. My left side is super strong, but my right side atrophied tremendously.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 10, 2016) She thought the baby’s arms and legs had atrophied. Washington Post(Nov 27, 2016) Fittingly, on Jan. 3, the “first branch” of government will go first, flexing its somewhat atrophied Article I muscles. Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016) adj (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm Syn|Ant diminished, wasted enlarged, hypertrophied (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells |
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