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atrophic
Variant of atrophy
noun
a wasting away, esp. of body tissue, an organ, etc., or the failure of an organ or part to grow or develop, as because of insufficient nutrition
intransitive verb atrophied, atrophying
to waste away or fail to develop
transitive verb
to cause atrophy in
Related Forms:
- atrophic adjective
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