Atrophy Synonyms

ătrə-fē
To become lower in quality, character, or condition
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. decline
  2. degenerate
  3. descend
  4. deteriorate
  5. retrograde
  6. sink
  7. worsen
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Words Related to Atrophy

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Atrophy Sentence Examples

  • Atrophy can be caused by overwork.

  • Under the head of malformations we place cases of atrophy of parts or general dwarfing, due to starvation, the attacks of Fungi or minute insects, the presence of unsuitable food-materials and so on, as well as cases of transformation of stamens into petals, carpels into leaves, and so forth.

  • From atrophy of their roots, caused by the pressure of the growing permanent teeth, the " milk teeth " in children become loose and are cast off.

  • The result was the gradual atrophy of the whole administrative machine.

  • Muscular atrophy leads to a loss of strength and endurance.

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