Atrophy

['ætrəfɪ] or ['ætrəfi]

解释:

(noun.) any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use).

(noun.) a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse.

(verb.) undergo atrophy; 'Muscles that are not used will atrophy'.

校对:卢埃林--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.

(v. t.) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

(v. i.) To waste away; to dwindle.

录入:内丽

同义词及近义词：

n. Emaciation (from want of nourishment), consumption, marasmus, decline, gradual wasting.

达琳录入

解释:

n. an alteration of the vital processes in a living organism either animal or vegetable resulting in a diminution of size and functional activity of the whole organism (general atrophy) or of certain of its organs or tissues: emaciation.—adjs. Atroph′ic At′rophied.

手打:普里西拉