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Significados de atrophied em inglês

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

Uso de atrophied em inglês
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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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