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(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution
（身體組織或器官的）衰退，萎縮；退化
the calf muscles will atrophy.
腿肚肌肉會萎縮。
[as adj. atrophied]in some beetles, the hindwings are atrophied.
有些甲蟲的後翅退化了。
■(figurative)gradually decline in effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect
(喻)（由於未充分利用或忽視而造成效力或活力的）逐漸衰退
the imagination can atrophy from lack of use.
想象力不用會衰退。
noun
[mass noun]the condition or process of atrophying
衰退；萎縮
gastric atrophy.
胃萎縮。
派生
atrophic
adjective
語源
late 16th cent.: from French atrophier (verb), atrophie (noun), from late Latin atrophia, from Greek, 'lack of food', from a- 'without' + trophē 'food' 簡明英漢詞典 atrophy
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n.
萎縮,衰退
compression atrophy
壓迫性萎縮
facial atrophy
面萎縮
optic atrophy
視神經萎縮
brain atrophy
腦萎縮
vt. & vi.
(使)萎縮;(使)虛脫；(使)衰退 現代英漢綜合大辭典 atrophy
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n.
醫萎縮癥, 虛脫
生衰退, 退化
詞性變化
atrophy
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vt., vi.
(使)萎縮; 衰退
(使)虛脫
特殊用法
acute yellow atrophy
急性黃色萎縮
adipose atrophy
脂肪萎縮
alveolar atrophy
牙槽萎縮
Aran-Duchenne muscular atrophy
阿-杜二氏肌萎縮
arthritic atrophy
關節周肌萎縮
bone atrophy
骨萎縮
Buchwald's atrophy
進行性皮萎縮
cardiac atrophy
心(臟)萎縮
Charcot-Marie-Tooth atrophy
夏-馬-圖三氏肌萎縮, 進行性神經肌萎縮
chronic spinal muscular atrophy
慢性脊髓性肌萎縮
compensatory atrophy
代償性萎縮
compression atrophy
壓迫性萎縮
convolutional atrophy
腦回[腦葉]萎縮
correlated atrophy
關連性萎縮
Cruveilhier's atrophy
克律韋利埃氏萎縮, 進行性肌萎縮
degenerative atrophy
變性萎縮
denervated muscle atrophy
失神經性肌萎縮
diffuse atrophy
彌漫性萎縮
disuse atrophy
廢用性萎縮
eccentric atrophy
偏心性萎縮
exhaustion atrophy
衰竭性萎縮
facial atrophy
面萎縮
facioscapulohumeral atrophy
面肩臂萎縮
familial spinal muscular atrophy
家族脊髓性肌萎縮
fatty atrophy
脂性萎縮
functional atrophy
機能性萎縮
general atrophy
全身萎縮
gingival marginal atrophy
齦緣萎縮
gray atrophy
灰色萎縮(視神經盤)
halisteretic atrophy
軟化性萎縮
hemifacial atrophy
壹側面萎縮
Hoffmann's atrophy
霍夫曼氏萎縮, 肢體遠端進行性肌萎縮
Hunt's atrophy
亨特氏(肌)萎縮(神經性手部小肌萎縮)
hypoglossal atrophy
舌下神經性舌萎縮
idiopathic muscular atrophy
特發性肌萎縮
inanition atrophy
饑餓性萎縮
infantile atrophy
嬰兒萎縮(癥), 消瘦
insulin atrophy
胰島素性萎縮
interstitial atrophy
間質性萎縮
ischemic muscular atrophy
肌肉萎縮, 肌缺血性萎縮
juvenile muscular atrophy
幼年型肌萎縮
Kienbock's atrophy
金伯克氏骨萎縮
lactation atrophy
哺乳期子宮萎縮
leaping atrophy
手肩型肌萎縮
Leber's optic atrophy
利伯氏視神經萎縮
lobar atrophy
腦葉萎縮
macular atrophy
斑狀萎縮
myelopathic muscular atrophy
脊髓病性肌萎縮
myopathic atrophy
肌病性萎縮
myotonic atrophy
肌強直性萎縮
neurotic atrophy
神經性肌萎縮
numeric atrophy
數減性萎縮
optic atrophy
視神經萎縮
pathologic atrophy
病理性萎縮
periodontal atrophy
牙周萎縮
physiological atrophy
生理性萎縮
pigmentary atrophy
色素性萎縮
presenile atrophy
老年前期萎縮
pressure atrophy
壓迫性萎縮
progressive unilateral facial atrophy
進行性偏側面萎縮
pseudohypertrophic muscular atrophy
假肥大性肌萎縮[肌營養不良]
pulp atrophy
牙髓萎縮
red atrophy
紅色萎縮(肝)
reflex bone atrophy
反射性骨萎縮
reversionary atrophy
退行發育, 間變
rheumatic atrophy
風濕性肌萎縮
senile atrophy
老年萎縮
serous atrophy
漿液性萎縮
spinoneural atrophy
脊髓神經性肌萎縮, 變性萎縮
Sudeck's atrophy
祖德克氏萎縮(外傷性骨萎縮)
sympathetic atrophy
交感性萎縮
syphilitic spinal muscular atrophy
梅毒性脊髓病性肌萎縮
toxic atrophy
中毒性萎縮
trophoneurotic atrophy
營養神經(病)性萎縮
von Leber's atrophy
利伯氏病(家族遺傳性球後視神經炎)
Vulpian's atrophy
伍耳皮安氏[肩肱型肌]萎縮
atrophy of kidney, granular
腎顆粒狀萎縮
atrophy of the liver, cyanotic
肝紺色[青紫色]萎縮
atrophy of the newborn, Parrot's
帕羅特氏新生兒萎縮, 原發性嬰兒萎縮
atrophy of the retina
視網膜萎縮 新牛津美語大詞典 atrophy
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verb (-phies, -phied)
(intransitive)
(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, typically due to the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution:
without exercise, the muscles will atrophy
(as adjective atrophied) in some beetles, the hind wings are atrophied.
■(figurative )gradually decline in effectiveness or vigor due to underuse or neglect:
her artistic skills atrophied from lack of use.
noun
the condition or process of atrophying:
gastric atrophy.
■(figurative )the gradual decline of effectiveness or vigor due to underuse or neglect:
extensive TV viewing may lead to atrophy of children's imaginations.
派生
atrophic
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adjective
語源
– ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French atrophier (verb), atrophie (noun), from late Latin atrophia, from Greek, '‘lack of food’', from a- '‘without’' + trophē '‘food’'. 牛津英語同義詞詞典 atrophy
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(verb 動詞)
萎縮
SYNONYM 同義詞:decay,decline, degenerate, deteriorate, diminish,dwindle, fade, lose weight, shrink, shrivel,waste away, wither.