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atrophying

/ˈætrəfiɪŋ/

/ˈætrəˌfiɪŋ/

Translations

atrophyverb

atrophying

Gerund

atrophied

Past Simple

atrophied

Past Participle

atrophying

Gerund

/ˈætrəfi/

If you don't use your muscles, they will atrophy over time.

Если вы не используете свои мышцы, они со временем атрофируются.

Synonyms

waste away

atrophygerund / present participle

atrophying

Used adjectivally to describe something presently wasting away (e.g., "atrophying tissue").

atrophyverb

To waste away or gradually decline in effectiveness or vigor due to underuse or neglect.

After months of being bedridden, his muscles began to atrophy.

To cause (a body tissue, organ, or abstract quality) to waste away through lack of use or nourishment; to wither.

The prolonged drought atrophied the region's once-lush orchards.

atrophygerund / present participle

Undergoing atrophy; in the process of wasting away.

Doctors examined the atrophying tissue to determine the cause of the degeneration.