ATROPHY
\ˈatɹəfi], \ˈatɹəfi], \ˈa_t_ɹ_ə_f_i]\
Definitions of ATROPHY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
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a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
By Princeton University
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any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
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a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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To waste away; to dwindle.
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A wasting of the body, or any part of the body, due to the lack of food, or arising from lack of nourishment.
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Atrophied.
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Atrophying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Decrease in the size of a cell, tissue, organ, or multiple organs, associated with a variety of pathological conditions such as abnormal cellular changes, ischemia, malnutrition, or hormonal changes.
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By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Progressive and morbid diminution in the bulk of the whole body or of a part. Atrophy is generally symptomatic. Any tissue or organ thus affected is said to be atrophied.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Diminution in the size of an organ or tissue, with lessening in the size and function of the specific functioning cells. In cytopathology, a decrease in the size of a cell as distinguished from hypoplasia, a decrease in the number of cells as compared to the normal body. Other varities of a. are : arthritic a.; compression a.; consecutive a.; correlated a.; crossed a.; dental a.; general a.; interstitial a.; linear a.; neuropathic a.; physiological a.; pigmented a.; qualitative a.; quantitative a.; red a.; rheumatic a.; rigid a.; senile a.; serous a.; simple a.; trophoneurotic a.; unilateral a.; white a. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
By Thomas Sheridan
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