atrophied
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- adjective
- /əˈtrɔfɪd/
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atrofiado
- His once strong vision became atrophied after years of neglecting regular check-ups.
If you see the difference, how atrophied I am here, this thumb doesn't work right.
- If you see the difference, how atrophied I am here, this thumb doesn't work right.
- And we we find out the body and the node maintainer's chair is small and naked, thin, it's limbs atrophied, hairless.
Examples
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If you see the difference, how atrophied I am here, this thumb doesn't work right.
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For perhaps the part of my brain now atrophied would then have been kept alive through life.
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I feel maybe it's been atrophied by under use in in our society where we are less and less talking to people that disagree with us.
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After months of no exercise, her muscles had atrophied and lost strength.
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The doctor explained that the patient's leg had atrophied due to lack of movement.
Synonyms
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4.8
Very small and wrinkled, often because of age or illness
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4.6
It looks dry, thin, and lifeless like old leaves
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Dry and wrinkled because it has lost water
Having a body part that is much thinner and weaker because it has lost tissue or muscle
Very thin and weak because of illness or lack of use
Smaller in size, strength or importance
Weakened and having less energy, strength or interest
Antonyms
How Atrophied
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Atrophied comes from Greek parts a- meaning 'without' and troph meaning 'nourishment', the same root you see in nutrition. So something that is atrophied has 'lost nourishment' or 'use' and becomes smaller and weaker.