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General dictionaries General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. atrophies: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  2. atrophies: Wiktionary [home, info]
  3. atrophies: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  4. Atrophies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  5. atrophies: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. atrophies: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. atrophies: Medical dictionary [home, info]

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Quick definitions (atrophy)

noun:  any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
noun:  a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
verb:  undergo atrophy ("Muscles that are not used will atrophy")

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Phrases that include atrophies:   spinal muscular atrophies of childhood, systemic atrophies, x-linked bulbo-spinal atrophies

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