Atrophy Synonyms

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Synonyms for Atrophy

decline
A period of decline
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diminution
The definition of a diminution is a reduction in size or a reduction in the importance of someone or something.
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wither
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downfall
The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
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degeneracy
A degenerate action
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deterioration
The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
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emaciation
The act of making very lean.
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declension
(Grammar): A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
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declination
(Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial body north or south from the celestial equator: it is used with right ascension to find an exact position in the sky
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degeneration
(Biology) The evolutionary decline or loss of a function, characteristic, or structure in an organism or species.
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degenerate
To fall below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally; deteriorate:
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descend
To pass from an earlier to a later time, from greater to less, from general to particular, etc.
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deteriorate
To diminish or impair in quality, character, or value:
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retrograde
Retrograde is to move backwards, or to decline to a prior worse condition.
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sink
To go below the surface of water or another liquid:
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worsen
To make or become worse
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withering
any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
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wasting
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
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wasting-away
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
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Words Related to Atrophy

fasciculation
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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.

  • Many Opisthobranchia have by a process of atrophy lost the typical ctenidium and the mantleskirt, and have developed other organs in their place.

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