Usually means: Severe liver degeneration and shrinkage.
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  1. yellow atrophy: Merriam-Webster
  2. yellow atrophy: Wordnik
  3. yellow atrophy: Wiktionary
  4. Yellow atrophy: Dictionary.com
  5. yellow atrophy: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Yellow atrophy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (yellow atrophy)

noun:  A fatal condition of the liver in which it undergoes fatty degeneration and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice.

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