Hvad betyder atrophy på engelsk?

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atrophy Betydning & definition

0 (if a part of your body) to become weaker because not enough blood is reaching it or because it is not being used enough -- hensygne
- The muscles in your legs can atrophy because of disease or lack of exercise.
1 to become weaker and less effective -- forfalde
- Organizations may atrophy when they grow older and become overly bureaucratized.

These changes are attributed to decreased urethral vascularization, to a decrease in alpha-adrenergic receptors and to smooth muscle tissue atrophy.
Their minds and wills atrophied, and they became solely creatures of sensual instinct.
For example, she hypothesized that the ability to manipulate phonemes may atrophy unless maintained by appropriate reading experience.
Large white spots caused a strong focal fibrosis and atrophy of lobules, that disappeared completely in the centre.
It is probably not a result of atrophy of the sucker; the suckers of immatures and adults show no signs of degradation.
Subcortical disorders such as progressive supranuclear palsy display an anterior cerebral defect which is less severe than in lobar atrophy.
Socalled late onset cerebellar atrophy typically begins in the 30s or 40s although occasionally the symptoms are delayed into the sixth or seventh decade.
It commonly occurs after childbirth or postmenopausally, when atrophy occurs related to oestrogen deficiency.