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ALL meanings of atrophied

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  • noun atrophied Characterized by atrophy. 1
  • adjective atrophied exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent. 1
  • noun atrophied Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage. 1
  • noun atrophied degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse: He argued that there was a progressive atrophy of freedom and independence of thought. 1
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