0 past simple and past participle of atrophy
1 (of a part of the body) to be reduced in size and therefore strength, or, more generally, to become weaker:
Before, their ability to communicate, even with children in their class, had atrophied.
Will there be any thought of apology, compensation or—a word atrophied through disuse—resignations?
It is difficult to adjudicate whether the valve is truly a common valve or represents only the morphologic left component when its "tricuspid" component is markedly atrophied.
Ovaries were atrophied, manifested by a complete or large reduction in oocytes but other parts of the reproductive system like the vitelline glands were mainly unaffected.
Legs (fig. 13, b) present but atrophied, length less than that of the antennae; claws with a distinct ventral tooth.
The iris is severely atrophied by 18 months of age.
It is not entirely clear from the data that the sucker has not atrophied to some extent.
Isolated and compelled by a religious and cultural assimilation through missionaries, these languages are becoming debilitated and atrophied.
