单词 | atrophy |
释义 | atrophy —atrophic /euh trof"ik, euh troh"fik/, adj. /a"treuh fee/, n. , v. , atrophied, atrophying. n. 1. Also, atrophia /euh troh"fee euh/. Pathol. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage. 2. degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse: He argued that there was a progressive atrophy of freedom and independence of thought. v.t. , v.i. 3. to affect with or undergo atrophy. [1590-1600; earlier atrophie ( < MF) < LL atrophia < Gk, equiv. to átroph(os) not fed (see A-6, TROPHO-) + -ia -IA] |
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