Usually means: Decrease in size of tissue.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. atrophy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. atrophy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. atrophy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. atrophy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. atrophy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Atrophy, atrophy: Wordnik
  7. atrophy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. atrophy: Wiktionary
  9. atrophy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. atrophy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. atrophy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. atrophy: Dictionary.com
  13. atrophy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Atrophy (band), Atrophy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Atrophy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. atrophy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. atrophy: Rhymezone
  18. atrophy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. atrophy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. atrophy: Free Dictionary
  21. atrophy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. atrophy: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. atrophy: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Atrophy: Health & Beauty Glossary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. atrophy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. atrophy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Atrophy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Atrophy: Merck Manuals
  5. Atrophy: MedFriendly Glossary
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Atrophy: GLOSSARY OF ALLERGY TERMS
  9. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  10. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  11. Atrophy: Scleroderma
  12. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  13. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  14. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  15. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  16. atrophy: Medical Etymology Anatomy
  17. atrophy: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  18. atrophy: Medical dictionary
  19. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  20. Atrophy: Brain Injury
  21. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  22. Atrophy: Drug Medical Dictionary
  23. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Atrophy, Atrophy, Atrophy: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Bird On! (No longer online)
  3. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  4. Atrophy: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. atrophy: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  2. GLOSSARY OF DAIRY TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Atrophy: Beauty & Health Glossary
  4. GLOSSARY OF DAIRY TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See atrophic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
verb:  (intransitive) To wither or waste away.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

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