atrophy
To atrophy is to slowly lose the ability to do something. If you atrophy your muscles, you will not be able to move as well as you used to.
The muscles atrophy when you don't use them.
The plant will atrophy if it is not watered.
To atrophy is to slowly lose the ability to do something. If you atrophy your muscles, you will not be able to move as well as you used to.
The muscles atrophy when you don't use them.
The plant will atrophy if it is not watered.
noun
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
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noun
any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
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verb
undergo atrophy
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Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body.
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Males are infertile with atrophy in the testes.
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The arms are atrophied and the legs are mobile.
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Note slight muscular atrophy of the hands.
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Testosterone usually causes atrophy of the endometrium.
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All structures of the kidney show ischemic atrophy.
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The muscle atrophy in the generally results from disuse.
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Neuroimaging showed the presence of new atrophy in the frontotemporal region.
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In most cases, there is severe atrophy of both hemispheres of the brain.
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In the brain, atrophy may be present in the frontal and temporal lobes.