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atrophy
verb [I] /ˈæt.rə.fi/Definition
› (of a part of the body) to be reduced in size and therefore strength, or, more generally, to become weaker: After several months in a hospital bed, my leg muscles had atrophied. In the 1980s, their political power gradually atrophied (= became weaker).Disorders of muscles and the nervous system atrophy
noun [U] Disorders of muscles and the nervous system
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