Dictionary Entry
atrophy
atrophy is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.
- 2transitive verb
To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
- 3intransitive verb
To waste away; to dwindle.
- 4noun
any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
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- 5noun
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
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- 6verb
undergo atrophy
"Muscles that are not used will atrophy"
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