Meaning of "atrophy" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ATROPHY

From Late Latin atrophia, from Greek, from atrophos ill-fed, from a-1 + -trophos from trephein to feed.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ATROPHY

atrophy  [ˈætrəfɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ATROPHY

Atrophy is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb atrophy in English.

WHAT DOES ATROPHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Atrophy

Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include mutations, poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply to the target organ, excessive amount of apoptosis of cells, and disuse or lack of exercise or disease intrinsic to the tissue itself. Hormonal and nerve inputs that maintain an organ or body part are referred to as trophic in medical practice. Trophic describes the trophic condition of tissue. A diminished muscular trophic is designated as atrophy. Atrophy is the general physiological process of reabsorption and breakdown of tissues, involving apoptosis. When it occurs as a result of disease or loss of trophic support due to other disease, it is termed pathological atrophy, although it can be a part of normal body development and homeostasis as well.

Definition of atrophy in the English dictionary

The first definition of atrophy in the dictionary is a wasting away of an organ or part, or a failure to grow to normal size as the result of disease, faulty nutrition, etc. Other definition of atrophy is any degeneration or diminution, esp through lack of use. Atrophy is also to waste away or cause to waste away.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ATROPHY

PRESENT

Present

I atrophy

you atrophy

he/she/it atrophies

we atrophy

you atrophy

they atrophy

Present continuous

I am atrophying

you are atrophying

he/she/it is atrophying

we are atrophying

you are atrophying

they are atrophying

Present perfect

I have atrophied

you have atrophied

he/she/it has atrophied

we have atrophied

you have atrophied

they have atrophied

Present perfect continuous

I have been atrophying

you have been atrophying

he/she/it has been atrophying

we have been atrophying

you have been atrophying

they have been atrophying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I atrophied

you atrophied

he/she/it atrophied

we atrophied

you atrophied

they atrophied

Past continuous

I was atrophying

you were atrophying

he/she/it was atrophying

we were atrophying

you were atrophying

they were atrophying

Past perfect

I had atrophied

you had atrophied

he/she/it had atrophied

we had atrophied

you had atrophied

they had atrophied

Past perfect continuous

I had been atrophying

you had been atrophying

he/she/it had been atrophying

we had been atrophying

you had been atrophying

they had been atrophying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will atrophy

you will atrophy

he/she/it will atrophy

we will atrophy

you will atrophy

they will atrophy

Future continuous

I will be atrophying

you will be atrophying

he/she/it will be atrophying

we will be atrophying

you will be atrophying

they will be atrophying

Future perfect

I will have atrophied

you will have atrophied

he/she/it will have atrophied

we will have atrophied

you will have atrophied

they will have atrophied

Future perfect continuous

I will have been atrophying

you will have been atrophying

he/she/it will have been atrophying

we will have been atrophying

you will have been atrophying

they will have been atrophying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would atrophy

you would atrophy

he/she/it would atrophy

we would atrophy

you would atrophy

they would atrophy

Conditional continuous

I would be atrophying

you would be atrophying

he/she/it would be atrophying

we would be atrophying

you would be atrophying

they would be atrophying

Conditional perfect

I would have atrophy

you would have atrophy

he/she/it would have atrophy

we would have atrophy

you would have atrophy

they would have atrophy

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been atrophying

you would have been atrophying

he/she/it would have been atrophying

we would have been atrophying

you would have been atrophying

they would have been atrophying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you atrophy
we let´s atrophy
you atrophy

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to atrophy

Past participle

atrophied

Present Participle

atrophying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ATROPHY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «atrophy» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of atrophy

decay · decaying · decline · degenerate · degeneration · deteriorate · deterioration · diminish · diminution · dwindle · fade · meltdown · shrink · shrivel · shrivelling · waste · wasting · wilt · wither · withering

TRANSLATION OF ATROPHY

Find out the translation of atrophy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of atrophy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «atrophy» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 萎缩
• Translator English - Spanish: atrofia
• English: atrophy
• Translator English - Hindi: शोष
• Translator English - Arabic: ضمور
• Translator English - Russian: атрофия
• Translator English - Portuguese: atrofia
• Translator English - Bengali: ক্ষয়িষ্ণুতা
• Translator English - French: atrophie
• Translator English - Malay: Atrofi
• Translator English - German: Atrophie
• Translator English - Japanese: 萎縮
• Translator English - Korean: 위축
• Translator English - Javanese: Atrophy
• Translator English - Vietnamese: hao mòn
• Translator English - Tamil: செயல்நலிவு
• Translator English - Marathi: शोषून घेणे
• Translator English - Turkish: atrofi
• Translator English - Italian: atrofia
• Translator English - Polish: atrofia
• Translator English - Ukrainian: атрофія
• Translator English - Romanian: atrofie
• Translator English - Greek: ατροφία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: atrofie
• Translator English - Swedish: atrofi
• Translator English - Norwegian: atrofi

8 QUOTES WITH «ATROPHY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word atrophy.

1

Karen Duffy

I prefer atrophy over exercise any day.

2

Martha Gellhorn

It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.

3

John Lahr

'Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America.

4

Jack LaLanne

So many older people, they just sit around all day long and they don't get any exercise. Their muscles atrophy, and they lose their strength, their energy and vitality by inactivity.

5

Ezra Pound

Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.

6

Rhianna Pratchett

The type of Alzheimer's Dad has is rare - posterior cortical atrophy or PCA - and it affects his spatial awareness and the way he judges distance. His first symptoms were erratic typing and spelling, but to talk to him, you'd never know there was a problem.

7

Jeffrey Tate

Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it could easily happen that orchestras could slowly atrophy.

8

Frank Lloyd Wright

If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATROPHY»

Discover the use of atrophy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to atrophy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

China S Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation

In this timely study, David Shambaugh assesses the strengths and weaknesses, durability, adaptability, and potential longevity of China's Communist Party (CCP).

David L Shambaugh, 2008

C.I.A. Church in Atrophy

Among the highlights of this text are discussions about accountability within the Body of Christ, understanding and accepting God's sovereignty, and experiencing God's amazing grace and His restoring heart. (Practical Life)

Gary Ninneman, 2006

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: New Insights for the Healthcare ...

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyPaper™ that delivers timely, authoritative, and intensively focused information about Spinal Muscular Atrophy in a compact format.

‎2012

Brain and Spinal Cord Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis

Intended for general neurologists as well as specialists in multiple sclerosis (MS) and imaging, this book provides comprehensive discussion of central nervous system (CNS) atrophy involving the brain and spinal cord, and both the chapter ...

Robert Zivadinov, Rohit Bakshi, 2004

Muscular Atrophy: New Insights for the Healthcare ...

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‎2012

Advances in Periodontal Atrophy Research and Treatment: 2011 ...

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‎2012

Total Knee Replacement and Rehabilitation: The Knee Owner's ...

Reversing Muscular Atrophy As you have perhaps realized, the strength in your TKA leg was declining for many years prior to your surgery. Arthritis in the knee tends to limit a person's daily activities and level of exercise — even how much ...

Daniel J. Brugioni, Jeff Falkel, 2004

Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology

4.13 Nutritional optic atrophy. This 9-year-old girl with a history of malnutrition in infancy had subtle temporal disc pallor and pigmentary maculopathy. Visual acuity was 20/30 OD and 20/40 OS Ophthalmologic findings Pigmentary retinopathy ...

Michael C. Brodsky, 2010

Textbook of Ophthalmology

Ashok Garg INTRODUCTION Optic atrophy refers to optic nerve shrinkage from any cause which produces degeneration of axons in the anterior visual system. Optic atrophy is the end result of any pathological process that damages the axons ...

Sunita Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, Lucio Buratto, 2002

DeJong's the Neurologic Examination

Measurements may be very useful in assessing atrophy or hypertrophy. A pronounced difference in muscle size may be recognized at a glance, especially when confined to one side of the body, one extremity, or one segment of a limb.

William Wesley Campbell, Russell N. DeJong, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATROPHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term atrophy is used in the context of the following news items.

A state of atrophy

So we know that the Philippine state is fragile. Its legitimacy is being challenged and it has difficulty extending its administrative reach to the ... «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jul 15»

Theater trial blog: Day 43

Next slide is about volumetric analysis to show brain atrophy in general. how volume loss takes place in someone who has schizophrenia. «9NEWS.com, Jul 15»

Granny's song for her brave princess fighting deadly disease

... most severe form of the rare disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Type 1, which causes wasting of voluntary muscles and impaired breathing. «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»

Haters' Guide to Summer: Stay in and watch these TV shows

While those other schlubs are letting their brain atrophy with the faux-reality of Duck Dynasty and Teen Mom 2, you can work out both your ... «National Post, Jul 15»

PersonalHeroes Wants To Bring A Kindness Score To The Sharing …

Nor does your score atrophy if you have not been awarded kindness points in some time. Knopel says "the idea is not how to gamify the system ... «Fast Company, Jul 15»

Fruit flies helping fight muscular disease

The disease, called spinal muscular atrophy, causes infants to lose their ability to walk or breathe and is the number one genetic killer of ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»

Is Sky the Limit? Vote on College Avenue High-Rises Monday Night

"I am 100 percent certain that if we do nothing, that section of town will atrophy," councilwoman Theresa Lafer said at that meeting. "There will ... «State College News, Jul 15»

Shining a Light on Our Dreams: A Conversation With Author Bridget …

... crutches for a sprained ankle--it is helpful while you are injured, but if you continue to use then after you have healed, your body will atrophy. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Akcea Therapeutics Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the …

... a drug Isis is developing with Biogen to treat infants and children with spinal muscular atrophy, a severe and rare neuromuscular disease. «PR Newswire, Jul 15»

SFU alumnus uncovers new functions of sex hormones

Monks uses his research to find new methods for treating muscular diseases such as muscular atrophy and Kennedy's disease, both affecting ... «The Peak, Jul 15»