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Meanings of atrophy in English

Russian
атрофия
Portuguese
atrofia
Spanish
atrofia
Catalan
hipotròfia
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Partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body.

Related terms
атрофия
Portuguese
atrofia
Catalan
atròfia

A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse.

atrofia
Portuguese
atrofia

Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

atrofia
Usage of atrophy in English
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Background: Unavoidable periods of disuse lead to muscle atrophy and functional decline.
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Conclusion: Unloading atrophy is associated with an increase in muscle sodium concentration.
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Botox users end up with 'muscle atrophy or loss of muscle mass.
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Segmental MRI analysis in mesial temporal atrophy provides added useful diagnostic information.
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Objective: Vulvovaginal atrophy is a common, but under-recognized condition affecting postmenopausal women.
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Despite callosal atrophy and intensive U-fibre region involvement, school performance was unchanged.
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However, mild muscle atrophy in some of the transgenic mice was noted.
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Its danger is not in assassination, but atrophy; not abolition, but decline.
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The mousetail suspension model was used to simulate weightlessness induced muscle atrophy.
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Our results suggest that the ERC atrophy precedes hippocampal atrophy in AD.
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Electricians and those working in chemical laboratories are susceptible to optic atrophy.
Five Lectures on Blindness
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Use increases strength in all regions, and unused organs atrophy and wither.
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Unenhanced computed tomography showed marked hepatic atrophy and broadly heterogeneous hypoattenuating areas.
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In the mature central nervous system, deafferentation evokes atrophy and connective re-patterning.
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Macular atrophy without normal lamination structure was the retina phenotype under OCT.
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Most fibrotic scars and accompanying macular atrophy expanded over time, reducing VA.
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Translations for atrophy
Portuguese
atrofia
Spanish
atrofia
Atrophy through the time
Atrophy across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare