Atrophies Synonyms

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worsens
(Intransitive) To become worse; to get worse; to deteriorate.
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sinks
To go down slowly; fall or descend gradually
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retrogrades
(Archaic) To go, or seem to go, backward
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deteriorates
Deteriorate is defined as to make or become worse or lower in value or quality.
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descends
To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of
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degenerates
(Intransitive) To lose good or desirable qualities.
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declines
To refuse to accept or do something, esp. in a way that is formally polite
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degeneracies
The process of degenerating
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downfalls
A precipitous decline in fortune; a rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
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diminutions
A diminishing or being diminished; lessening; decrease
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deteriorations
The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
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declensions
A falling off or away; decline; deterioration
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Atrophies Sentence Examples

  • Oltmanns has recently re-investigated the phenomena in this plant, among others, and has shown that the nucleus of the cell which is being preyed upon recedes to the wall and gradually atrophies.

  • Thus, in the Phyllopoda, the antennal gland develops early and is functional during a great part of the larval life, but it ultimately atrophies, and in the adult (as in most Entomostraca) the maxillary gland is the functional excretory organ.

  • The foot arises as a prominence on the ventral surface and grows forward, and at the end of five or six days the velum atrophies and the foot becomes the organ of locomotion; the animal then ceases to swim and sinks to the bottom.

  • In advanced cases, the thenar muscle at the base of the thumb atrophies, and strength is lost.

  • The cerebellum atrophies early in the disease, being visibly smaller on MRI examination by seven or eight years of age.

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