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atrophy
 
Noun atrophy has 2 senses
  1. atrophy, wasting, wasting away - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
    --1 is a kind of symptom
    --1 has particulars: amyotrophia, amyotrophy; tabes; kraurosis
    Derived form: verb atrophy1
  2. atrophy, withering - any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
    --2 is a kind of weakening
    Derived form: verb atrophy1
Verb atrophy has 1 sense
  1. atrophy - undergo atrophy; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy"
    --1 is one way to     shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
    Derived forms: noun atrophy1, noun atrophy2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody's (body part) ----s
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