ATROPHY

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part. Milton.

2.
v.

To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

3.
v.

To waste away; to dwindle.


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