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Princeton's WordNet

  1. atrophied, wasted, diminishedadjective

    (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use

    "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"

Wiktionary

  1. atrophiedadjective

    characterized by atrophy

Wikipedia

  1. atrophied

    Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include mutations (which can destroy the gene to build up the organ), poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply to the target organ, excessive amount of apoptosis of cells, and disuse or lack of exercise or disease intrinsic to the tissue itself. In medical practice, hormonal and nerve inputs that maintain an organ or body part are said to have trophic effects. A diminished muscular trophic condition is designated as atrophy. Atrophy is reduction in size of cell, organ or tissue, after attaining its normal mature growth. In contrast, hypoplasia is the reduction in the cellular numbers of an organ, or tissue that has not attained normal maturity. Atrophy is the general physiological process of reabsorption and breakdown of tissues, involving apoptosis. When it occurs as a result of disease or loss of trophic support because of other diseases, it is termed pathological atrophy, although it can be a part of normal body development and homeostasis as well.

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  1. atrophied

    Atrophied refers to the condition where a part or organ of the body has deteriorated, shrunk, or wasted away due to underuse, lack of use, or malnutrition. This can lead to loss of function or effectiveness of that part or organ. The term is often used in medical or biological contexts.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Atrophied

    affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in development at a very early stage; rudimentary

  2. Atrophied

    of Atrophy

Entomology

  1. Atrophied

    wasted away; unfit for use.

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  1. Aphrodite

  2. diaporthe

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of atrophied in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of atrophied in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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