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Significats de atrophied en anglès

(Of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use.

      Ús de atrophied en anglès
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      The problem was harnessing the agency's atrophied powers to that new mission.
      Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
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      That sense may have atrophied long ago, if we ever had it.
      The stand
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      He nodded and pulled his atrophied left hand up with his right.
      Book One: Apotheosis
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      I think his legs have completely atrophied; perhaps his arms as well.
      The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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      It may also occur in connection with atrophied kidneys, weak heart, etc.
      Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
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      Commonly accompanying quarter-crack is the condition of contracted heels and atrophied frog.
      Diseases of the Horse's Foot
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      I confess that I came out of college with my initiative atrophied.
      The Young Man and the World
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      She sometimes thought that but for Jeanie it would have atrophied altogether.
      The Bars of Iron
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      Their children couldn't walk or even stand, their legs thin and atrophied.
      Earth Unaware
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      My profession demands a clear intellect, not a brain atrophied by nicotine.
      The Postmaster's Daughter
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      There had been little strife over the millennia and Ares felt atrophied.
      Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
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      Labour's party machine has atrophied during 10 years of power and growing disillusionment.
      The Guardian
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      In this case, evolution means an atrophied speech center and a steel boomerang.
      Wired
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      Other industries, such as fur trapping, had atrophied as a result.
      Genellan: planetfall
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      But after a few generations in the Information Age, these muscles have atrophied.
      A whole new mind: why right-brainers will rule the future
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      A source close to the strikers said their muscles had atrophied.
      The Guardian
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