atrophy

English

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Etymology

From French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophia, “a wasting away”), from ἄτροφος (atrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τροφή (trophē, “nourishment”), from τρέφω (trephō, “I fatten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæ.trə.fi/, X-SAMPA: /"{.tr@.fi/

Noun

atrophy (plural atrophies)

1. (pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.

Translations

reduced functionality

• Albanian: atrofi (sq)
• Bulgarian: атрофия (bg) (atrofija)
• Catalan: atròfia (ca) f
• Czech: zakrnění (cs) n
• Dutch: atrofie (nl) f
• Esperanto: atrofio (eo)
• Finnish: atrofia (fi), surkastuneisuus (fi)
• French: atrophie (fr) f
• German: Atrophie (de) f

• Greek: ατροφία (el) (atrofia) f
• Icelandic: rýrnun (is) m
• Italian: atrofia (it)
• Lithuanian: atrofija (lt) f
• Polish: atrofia (pl) f
• Romanian: atrofie (ro) f, atrofiere (ro) f
• Spanish: atrofia (es) f
• Swedish: atrofi (sv) c

Verb

atrophy (third-person singular simple present atrophies, present participle atrophying, simple past and past participle atrophied)

1. (intransitive) To wither or waste away.
2. (transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

Antonyms

• hypertrophy
• strengthen

Related terms

• atrophic

Translations

wither

• Bulgarian: атрофирам (bg) (atrofiram)
• Catalan: atrofiar-se (ca)
• Czech: zakrnět (cs)
• Finnish: surkastua (fi), näivettyä (fi)
• French: atrophier (fr)
• German: absterben (de)

• Greek: ατροφώ (el) (atrofo), μαραίνομαι (el) (marenome)
• Ido: atrofiar (io)
• Lithuanian: atrofuoti (lt), atrofuotis (lt)
• Spanish: atrofiarse (es)
• Swedish: atrofiera (sv)

See also

• hypotrophy