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Atrophic

əˈtrɒf.ɪk
adjective

(of body tissue or an organ) having atrophied.

Usage examples:

The lower leg muscles were atrophic

Atrophied

ˈæt.rə.fi
adjective

(of body tissue or an organ) wasted away or rudimentary.

Usage examples:

Atrophied muscles
verb

(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.

Usage examples:

The calf muscles will atrophy

Atrophies

ˈæt.rə.fi
verb

(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.

Usage examples:

The calf muscles will atrophy
noun

The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied.

Usage examples:

Gastric atrophy

Atrophy

ˈæt.rə.fi
verb

(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.

Usage examples:

The calf muscles will atrophy
noun

The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied.

Usage examples:

Gastric atrophy

Atrophying

ˈæt.rə.fi
verb

(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.

Usage examples:

The calf muscles will atrophy
noun

The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied.

Usage examples:

Gastric atrophy

Atropine

ˈæt.rə.pɪn
noun

A poisonous compound found in deadly nightshade and related plants. it is used in medicine as a muscle relaxant, e.g. in dilating the pupil of the eye.

Usage examples:

Before ocular surgery, phenylephrine is used with atropine to dilate the pupil.

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