Topic: BIOLOGY
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Late Latin |
| Origin: | atrophia 'becoming smaller or weaker', from Greek, from atrophos 'badly fed', from trephein 'to feed' |
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at‧ro‧phy
past tense and past participle atrophied, present participle atrophying, third person singular atrophies [intransitive and transitive]
past tense and past participle atrophied, present participle atrophying, third person singular atrophies [intransitive and transitive]MI if a part of the body atrophies or is atrophied, it becomes weak because of lack of use or lack of blood : therapy to prevent the leg muscles from atrophying
therapy to prevent the leg muscles from atrophying —atrophy noun [uncountable]
