0 present participle of atrophy
1 (of a part of the body) to be reduced in size and therefore strength, or, more generally, to become weaker:
Many of his passages warn against the atrophying power of a pleasurable lifestyle, as well as the spiritual and physical advantages of a more spartan regime.
Examples of atrophying muscle diseases include muscular dystrophy, myotonia congenita, and myotonic dystrophy.
This atrophying of his senses resulted in his de-sensitivity to violence, as well as feelings of angst and frustration coupled with destructive behavior.
This will be a slow, agonising, atrophying process, with no certainty of when or how it will end.
There was no need to assassinate it, because it was atrophying anyway.
This has led to an atrophying of the sense of individual, local responsibility and the sense of community.
The arts were atrophying from an overly rationalist penchant for mere realistic description.
