(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.

(intransitive) To wither or waste away. / (transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

present participle of atrophy

simple past tense and past participle of atrophy

Characterized by atrophy.

plural of atrophy

A fatal condition of the liver in which it undergoes fatty degeneration and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice.

plural of yellow atrophy

A neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting.

a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by the degeneration of lower motor neurons and atrophy of muscle groups