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Word: Atrophy
Speech Type: Verb
late 16th century: from French atrophier (verb), atrophie (noun), from late Latin atrophia, from Greek, ‘lack of food’, from atrophos ‘poorly nourished’, from a- ‘without’ + trophē ‘food’
ˈatrəfi
(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution
Short Definition:waste away as result of degeneration of cells
Examples:- the calf muscles will atrophy
gradually decline in effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect
Short Definition:gradually decline in effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect
Examples:- the imagination can atrophy from lack of use
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