atrophy
萎缩,萎萎缩,萎缩不全,萎缩的
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- : Also a·tro·phi·a [uh-troh-fee-uh]. /əˈtroʊ fi ə/. Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- : degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse: He argued that there was a progressive atrophy of freedom and independence of thought.
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at·ro·phied, at·ro·phy·ing.
- : to affect with or undergo atrophy.
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Zolgensma—which treats spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disease that damages nerve cells, leading to muscle decay—is currently the most expensive drug in the world.
Their bodies begin to atrophy from malnourishment, and daily tasks like getting water or checking traps become much more of a struggle.
Their weakness and pallor and mental atrophy and irregular heartbeats were in his mind akin to the etiolation of plants deprived of sunlight.
Those skills often remain undeveloped in modern societies because we can compensate for their atrophy through sophisticated technology.
The atrophy in my legs is terrible from taking so much time off, so it will be a tough recovery.
If pilots are not flying, their skills atrophy and that could put their lives in danger.
Still, the atrophy continued, as did the collapse of Vatican-backed dictatorships in Portugal, Spain and Latin America.
He was born with spinal muscular atrophy, which kills 50 percent of the babies diagnosed with it before the age of 2.
Five-month-old Avery Lynn Canahuati died Monday of complications from spinal muscular atrophy.
It hinders the immune system, causes insomnia, and speeds the atrophy of the brain, to name a few.
But a prolonged use of the visual mechanism tends to hypertrophy—or , as the eyes of deep-sea fishes show.