atrophy

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophía, “a wasting away”), from ἄτροφος (átrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I fatten”). Equivalent to a- +‎ -trophy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæt.ɹə.fi/ === Noun === atrophy (countable and uncountable, plural atrophies) (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) (intransitive) To wither or waste away. [from early 18th c.] (transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken. ==== Antonyms ==== hypertrophy strengthen ==== Translations ==== === See also === -trophy hypotrophy decondition === Further reading === atrophy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia