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atrophy

English

  1. 🔊 any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
  2. 🔊 a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  3. 🔊 undergo atrophy
    “Muscles that are not used will atrophy”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 atrofia atrophy
  2. 🔊 atrofiar to atrophy

Similar words

withering wasting wasting away sanforizing abnormality abscess acute disease affection affliction ague ailment allergic disease allergy anemia ankylosis anoxia apnea asphyxiation asthma ataxia attenuation backache bacterial disease birth defect