See Also: atrophy(encyclopedia)
atrophy(dictionary)
red atrophy(medicine)
Atrophy(health)
atrophy(1)(dictionary)
Atrophy(medicine)
atrophy(2)(dictionary)
Erb atrophy(medicine)
Sudeck's Atrophy(health)
optic atrophy(medicine)

atrophy(1) (iou)



atrophy noun. E17.
[French atrophie or late Latin atrophia from Greek = lack of food, from A-10: see -TROPHY.]
1. Medicine. Orig., wasting away of the body from lack of nourishment; emaciation. Now, wasting away of an organ or tissue, through any cause. E17.
red atrophy: see RED adjective. yellow atrophy: see YELLOW adjective.
2. fig. Wasting away, enfeeblement. M17.
atrophic adjective pertaining to, affected by, or characterized by atrophy M19.