'atrophy' definitions:
Definition of 'atrophy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse [syn: atrophy, wasting, wasting away]
noun
Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) [syn: atrophy, withering]
verb
Undergo atrophy; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy"
Synonyms of 'atrophy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnormality,
- abscess,
- acute disease,
- affection,
- affliction,
- ague,
- ailment,
- allergic disease,
- allergy,
- anemia,
- ankylosis,
- anoxia,
- apnea,
- asphyxiation,
- asthma,
- ataxia,
- attenuation,
- backache,
- bacterial disease,
- birth defect,
- bleeding,
- blennorhea,
- blight,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- cardiovascular disease,
- chill,
- chills,
- chronic disease,
- circulatory disease,
- colic,
- complaint,
- complication,
- condition,
- congenital defect,
- constipation,
- consume,
- consume away,
- consumption,
- convulsion,
- coughing,
- cyanosis,
- decadence,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- defect,
- deficiency disease,
- deformity,
- degeneracy,
- degeneration,
- degenerative disease,
- devolution,
- diarrhea,
- disability,
- disease,
- disorder,
- distemper,
- dizziness,
- downfall,
- downgrade,
- dribble away,
- dropsy,
- drying,
- drying up,
- dysentery,
- dyspepsia,
- dyspnea,
- edema,
- emaceration,
- emaciate,
- emaciation,
- endemic,
- endemic disease,
- endocrine disease,
- epidemic disease,
- fainting,
- fatigue,
- fever,
- fibrillation,
- flux,
- functional disease,
- fungus disease,
- gastrointestinal disease,
- genetic disease,
- growth,
- handicap,
- hemorrhage,
- hereditary disease,
- high blood pressure,
- hydrops,
- hypertension,
- hypotension,
- iatrogenic disease,
- icterus,
- illness,
- indigestion,
- indisposition,
- infectious disease,
- infirmity,
- inflammation,
- insomnia,
- itching,
- jaundice,
- labored breathing,
- low blood pressure,
- lumbago,
- malady,
- malaise,
- marasmus,
- marcescence,
- morbidity,
- morbus,
- muscular disease,
- nasal discharge,
- nausea,
- necrosis,
- neurological disease,
- nutritional disease,
- occupational disease,
- organic disease,
- pain,
- pandemic disease,
- paralysis,
- parching,
- pathological condition,
- pathology,
- pine away,
- plant disease,
- preshrinkage,
- protozoan disease,
- pruritus,
- psychosomatic disease,
- rash,
- respiratory disease,
- rheum,
- rockiness,
- run to seed,
- run to waste,
- Sanforizing,
- sclerosis,
- searing,
- secondary disease,
- seediness,
- seizure,
- shock,
- shrinkage,
- shrinking,
- shriveling,
- sickishness,
- sickness,
- signs,
- skin eruption,
- sneezing,
- sore,
- spasm,
- symptomatology,
- symptomology,
- symptoms,
- syndrome,
- tabes,
- tachycardia,
- the pip,
- thinning,
- tumor,
- upset stomach,
- urogenital disease,
- vertigo,
- virus disease,
- vomiting,
- wastage,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wasting,
- wasting disease,
- wilting,
- wither away,
- withering,
- worm disease