atrophy

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atrophy[1,noun] atrophy[2,verb] acute yellow atrophy gyrate atrophy Kennedy's disease olivopontocerebellar atrophy optic atrophy peroneal muscular atrophy spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy spinal muscular atrophy

Main Entry: ¹at·ro·phy
Pronunciation: a-tr-f
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -phies
: 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