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atrophied

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
atrophy /ˈatrəfi/

▶verb (atrophies, atrophying, atrophied)

1 (of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.

2 gradually decline in effectiveness or vigour.

▶noun the condition or process of atrophying.

– derivatives
atrophic /əˈtrɒfɪk/ adjective.

– origin C16: from Fr. atrophier (v.), atrophie (n.), from late L. atrophia, from Gk, ‘lack of food’.

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atrophy - vestigial

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