Atrophied
['ætrəfɪd]
Definition
(adj.) (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; 'partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm' .
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Definition
(p. a.) Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in development at a very early stage; rudimentary.
(p. p.) of Atrophy
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Examples
- When the seeds in our fruits become atrophied, the fruit itself gains largely in size and quality. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- His conscience seemed to be atrophied, but that may be due to the fact that he was contending with men who never had any to be atrophied. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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