atrophy
US: /ˈætɹəfi/
UK: /ˈætɹəfi/
UK: /ˈætɹəfi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
atrophy /'ætrəfi/
- danh từ
- sự teo
- sự hao mòn
- ngoại động từ
- làm teo
- làm hao mòn
- nội động từ
- teo đi
- hao mòn
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun [U] (medical) the condition of losing flesh, muscle, strength, etc. in a part of the body because it does not have enough blood: (figurative, formal) The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.
+ verb (atrophies, atrophying, atrophied, atrophied) [V] if a part of the body atrophies, it becomes weak because it is not used or because it does not have enough blood: (figurative) Memory can atrophy through lack of use.
atrophied adjective: atrophied muscles + atrophied religious values
Concise English dictionary
atrophied|atrophies|atrophying'ætrəfɪ
noun
+a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
+any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
verb
+undergo atrophy
