atrophy

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈætrəfi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈætrəfi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(a′trə fē)

Inflections of 'atrophy' (n): npl: atrophies
Inflections of 'atrophy' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
atrophies
v 3rd person singular
atrophying
v pres p
atrophied
v past
atrophied
v past p
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atrophy n (wasting of muscles, etc.)atrofia nf
 Motor neurone disease causes muscular atrophy.
atrophy n figurative (deterioration)deterioro nm
 Social media is often blamed for the atrophy of young people's attention spans.
atrophy⇒ vi (waste away, wither)atrofiarse⇒ v prnl
 Two months of bed rest had caused the patient's leg muscles to atrophy.
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'atrophy' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
atrophied
Spanish:
atrofia - atrofiar - retraimiento


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