What is another word for atrophy?
2101 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈatɹəfi], [ ˈatɹəfi], [ ˈa_t_ɹ_ə_f_i]
Atrophy is a medical term used to describe the degeneration or shrinkage of muscles, organs, or tissues in the body. There are several other synonyms that can be used to describe this process, including wasting, decay, deterioration, withering, decline, and degeneration. Each word has a slightly different connotation, with some focusing on the gradual loss over time, while others indicate a more sudden and severe decline. Other related terms that are often used in connection with atrophy include weakness, fatigue, and frailty. Understanding these synonyms can be valuable when discussing medical conditions or issues related to aging and physical decline.
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Similar words for atrophy:
- decay (noun)
- degeneracy (noun)
- deterioration (noun)
- downfall (noun)
- emaciation (noun)
- putrefaction (noun)
- ruin (noun)
- state (noun)
- wasting away, disintegration (noun)
- decay (verb)
- deteriorate (verb)
- wane (verb)
- waste (verb)
- wither (verb)
Synonyms for Atrophy:
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n.
• decay- crumblings ,
- de cadence ,
- de cadences ,
- de cay ,
- de cays ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de composition ,
- de compositions ,
- de crease ,
- de creases ,
- de generation ,
- de generations ,
- de-cadence ,
- de-cadences ,
- de-cay ,
- de-cays ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-composition ,
- de-compositions ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creases ,
- de-generation ,
- de-generations ,
- dis integration ,
- dis integrations ,
- dis repair ,
- dis repairs ,
- dis solution ,
- dis solutions ,
- dis-integration ,
- dis-integrations ,
- dis-repair ,
- dis-repairs ,
- dis-solution ,
- dis-solutions ,
- dyings ,
- fadings ,
- perishings ,
- rottings ,
- spoilations ,
- wasting aways ,
- wastings .
-
v.
• decay- am impaired ,
- are impaired ,
- art impaired ,
- became contaminated ,
- becomes contaminated ,
- becoming contaminated ,
- being impaired ,
- de compose ,
- de composed ,
- de composes ,
- de composing ,
- de file ,
- de filed ,
- de files ,
- de filing ,
- de generate ,
- de generated ,
- de generates ,
- de generating ,
- de-compose ,
- de-composed ,
- de-composes ,
- de-composing ,
- de-file ,
- de-filed ,
- de-files ,
- de-filing ,
- de-generate ,
- de-generated ,
- de-generates ,
- de-generating ,
- dis color ,
- dis colored ,
- dis coloring ,
- dis colors ,
- dis integrate ,
- dis integrated ,
- dis integrates ,
- dis integrating ,
- dis solve ,
- dis solved ,
- dis solves ,
- dis solving ,
- dis-color ,
- dis-colored ,
- dis-coloring ,
- dis-colors ,
- dis-integrate ,
- dis-integrated ,
- dis-integrates ,
- dis-integrating ,
- dis-solve ,
- dis-solved ,
- dis-solves ,
- dis-solving ,
- disco loring ,
- disco-loring ,
- dry rots ,
- dry rotted ,
- dry rotting ,
- dry-rots ,
- dry-rotted ,
- dry-rotting ,
- dryrot ,
- dryrots ,
- dryrotted ,
- dryrotting ,
- gat worse ,
- go dogs ,
- go seed ,
- go the dogs ,
- go to dogs ,
- goes dogs ,
- goes seed ,
- goes the dogs ,
- goes to dogs ,
- goes to the dogs ,
- going bad ,
- going dogs ,
- going seed ,
- going the dogs ,
- going to dogs ,
- going to seed ,
- going to the dogs ,
- hit skids ,
- hits rock bottom ,
- hits skids ,
- hits the skids ,
- hitting rock bottom ,
- hitting skids ,
- hitting the skids ,
- is impaired ,
- pejorated ,
- pejorates ,
- pejorating ,
- putresced ,
- putresces ,
- reached depths ,
- reaches depths ,
- reaching depths ,
- was impaired ,
- wast impaired ,
- wastes away ,
- went bad ,
- went dogs ,
- went seed ,
- went the dogs ,
- went to dogs ,
- went to seed ,
- went to the dogs ,
- were impaired ,
- wert impaired ,
- wore away .
- collapse ,
- degenerate ,
- deteriorate ,
- dilapidate ,
- ebb ,
- fade ,
- fall apart ,
- go downhill ,
- lapse ,
- moulder ,
- putrefy ,
- regress ,
- relapse ,
- retrogress ,
- revert ,
- sink ,
- slide ,
- slip ,
- slump ,
- tergiversate ,
- wilt ,
- worsen .
- awaying ,
- de creased ,
- de creasing ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creasing ,
- died away ,
- dieing away ,
- dieing down ,
- dieing out ,
- dies away ,
- dies out ,
- draw a close ,
- drawing a close ,
- drawing to a close ,
- drawing to close ,
- draws a close ,
- draws to a close ,
- draws to close ,
- drew a close ,
- drew close ,
- drew to a close ,
- drew to close ,
- dying away ,
- dying out ,
- eased off ,
- eases off ,
- faded away ,
- falls short ,
- fell short ,
- slacked off ,
- slacks off ,
- sub side ,
- sub sided ,
- sub sides ,
- sub-sides ,
- winded down ,
- winds down ,
- wound down .
- am no avail ,
- am of no avail ,
- art no avail ,
- art of no avail ,
- ate away ,
- be no avail ,
- being no avail ,
- being of no avail ,
- burns up ,
- burnt up ,
- dis appear ,
- dis appeared ,
- dis appearing ,
- dis appears ,
- dis-appear ,
- dis-appeared ,
- dis-appearing ,
- dis-appears ,
- frivoled away ,
- frivoling away ,
- frivolled away ,
- frivolling away ,
- frivols away ,
- gambled away ,
- gambles away ,
- gambling away ,
- go waste ,
- goes to waste ,
- goes waste ,
- going to waste ,
- going waste ,
- is no avail ,
- is of no avail ,
- mis applied ,
- mis applies ,
- mis apply ,
- mis applying ,
- mis employ ,
- mis employed ,
- mis employing ,
- mis employs ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-applied ,
- mis-applies ,
- mis-apply ,
- mis-applying ,
- mis-employ ,
- mis-employed ,
- mis-employing ,
- mis-employs ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- misemployed ,
- misemploying ,
- misemploys ,
- pour down drain ,
- poured down drain ,
- poured down the drain ,
- pouring down drain ,
- pouring down the drain ,
- pours down drain ,
- pours down the drain ,
- ran dry ,
- running dry ,
- runs dry ,
- trifled away ,
- trifles away ,
- trifling away ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining ,
- was no avail ,
- was of no avail ,
- wast no avail ,
- wast of no avail ,
- went to waste ,
- went waste ,
- were no avail ,
- were of no avail ,
- wert no avail ,
- wert of no avail .
Other synonyms:
- damage ,
- decadence ,
- degeneracy .
- retrograde .
- descend .
Other relevant words:
- Mildewed ,
- Mildewing ,
- OUTS ,
- Perished ,
- Putresce ,
- Waned ,
- abandon ,
- abbreviate ,
- abide ,
- abnormalcy ,
- abridge ,
- abstract ,
- accept ,
- accommodate ,
- acerbity ,
- ache ,
- acidulousness ,
- acquire ,
- acrimony ,
- acute ,
- acute accent ,
- add together ,
- add up ,
- affectionateness ,
- afflictive ,
- aflutter ,
- aggravate ,
- agree ,
- ail ,
- aim ,
- airiness ,
- alcohol addiction ,
- allergic reaction ,
- alzheimers ,
- amaze ,
- ameliorate ,
- amend ,
- amenia ,
- amnesic aphasia ,
- amnestic aphasia ,
- amyloid protein plaque ,
- anchylosis ,
- anencephalia ,
- angle ,
- anguish ,
- annihilating ,
- annihilation ,
- annihilative ,
- annoyance ,
- annulment ,
- anomic aphasia ,
- anxious ,
- apostatise ,
- apostatize ,
- appal ,
- appall ,
- append ,
- apprehension ,
- approach ,
- arise ,
- arrest ,
- arrive ,
- asthma attack ,
- ataxy ,
- atrophied ,
- atrophying ,
- attack ,
- attention deficit disorder ,
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ,
- attenuated ,
- augury ,
- autochthonal ,
- autochthonic ,
- autochthonous ,
- average ,
- aways ,
- backlash ,
- backslide ,
- backsliding ,
- baffle ,
- balk ,
- ball over ,
- bang ,
- bankrupt ,
- bare ,
- barge in ,
- barren ,
- base ,
- bastardly ,
- baulk ,
- be given ,
- be impaired ,
- bead ,
- bear ,
- beat ,
- beat around the bush ,
- becharm ,
- become ,
- become contaminated ,
- become flat ,
- become stale ,
- beget ,
- beggarly ,
- begin ,
- beginner ,
- beguile ,
- berth ,
- best ,
- bestow ,
- betray ,
- bettor ,
- bewilder ,
- bewitch ,
- birth ,
- bitterness ,
- blackout ,
- blare ,
- blaze up ,
- bleak ,
- bleed ,
- blemish ,
- blend ,
- bless ,
- blip ,
- blizzard ,
- blow ,
- blow out of the water ,
- blow over ,
- blowback ,
- boil down ,
- bomb calorimeter ,
- bombard ,
- bonyness ,
- boom ,
- boomerang ,
- boot out ,
- bother ,
- botheration ,
- breach ,
- break apart ,
- break away ,
- break dance ,
- break down ,
- break in ,
- break of serve ,
- break off ,
- break out ,
- break up ,
- break-dance ,
- breakage ,
- breakdown ,
- breaking ,
- breakout ,
- bring ,
- bring down ,
- bring forth ,
- bring out ,
- bronchial asthma ,
- brook ,
- bugger off ,
- build up ,
- bump ,
- buncombe ,
- bunk ,
- bunkum ,
- burn ,
- burn down ,
- burn off ,
- burst ,
- bury ,
- bust ,
- buy the farm ,
- buzz off ,
- cabbage ,
- call off ,
- can ,
- captivate ,
- capture ,
- cark ,
- case ,
- cash in one's chips ,
- cast ,
- cast off ,
- catch up with ,
- cause ,
- cave ,
- cave in ,
- cavity ,
- cease ,
- celestial latitude ,
- cephalitis ,
- cerebral death ,
- cervix ,
- cesspit ,
- cesspool ,
- charge ,
- charley-horse ,
- charm ,
- check ,
- chemical decomposition reaction ,
- chemise ,
- chills and fever ,
- choke ,
- chuck out ,
- chute ,
- circumstance ,
- clang ,
- clangor ,
- clangoring ,
- clangour ,
- clank ,
- clap ,
- clash ,
- cliff ,
- clotting ,
- coagulate ,
- coagulated ,
- coagulation ,
- coalesce ,
- coast ,
- collar ,
- comatoseness ,
- combine ,
- come ,
- come apart ,
- come down ,
- come near ,
- come on ,
- come short ,
- commence ,
- commingle ,
- compact ,
- complicatedness ,
- compress ,
- compression ,
- concentrate ,
- concretion ,
- condensation ,
- condense ,
- condescend ,
- conflate ,
- conform to ,
- congenital abnormality ,
- congenital anomaly ,
- congenital disease ,
- congenital disorder ,
- conk ,
- conk out ,
- conniption ,
- consideration ,
- constrict ,
- contaminate ,
- contract bridge ,
- contribute ,
- convey ,
- convulsive ,
- cool ,
- cool down ,
- correct ,
- correspond ,
- corrode ,
- corroding ,
- corrupt ,
- corruptness ,
- cough ,
- counteract ,
- countermine ,
- crack ,
- crack up ,
- cramp iron ,
- crape ,
- crawl ,
- creep ,
- crimp ,
- cringe ,
- croak ,
- crock up ,
- crucify ,
- crumple ,
- crunch ,
- crush ,
- cuddle ,
- curdled ,
- curdling ,
- curl ,
- curve ,
- cushion ,
- cut ,
- cut back ,
- cut down ,
- cutting ,
- daintiness ,
- dainty ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- dangle ,
- dash ,
- daze ,
- de-escalate ,
- deadening ,
- death ,
- debase ,
- debauch ,
- debauched ,
- debilitative ,
- debility ,
- dec ,
- decadency ,
- decayed ,
- decease ,
- declaration ,
- decline in quality ,
- declivity ,
- decoct ,
- decompose ,
- decomposition reaction ,
- decompress ,
- decrepit ,
- decrepitude ,
- deflower ,
- degraded ,
- dehydrate ,
- dehydration ,
- deign ,
- delete ,
- delicate ,
- deliver ,
- demolish ,
- demolition ,
- demoralise ,
- demoralize ,
- demote ,
- denigrate ,
- densification ,
- dental caries ,
- deoxidise ,
- deoxidize ,
- deplete ,
- depopulate ,
- deprave ,
- depravity ,
- depreciation ,
- depredation ,
- depression ,
- derive ,
- derogate ,
- descent ,
- desert ,
- desiccate ,
- desiccation ,
- despoilation ,
- despoilment ,
- despoliation ,
- destroy ,
- deterrent ,
- devastating ,
- devastation ,
- development ,
- deviant ,
- deviate ,
- devolvement ,
- devour ,
- dice ,
- die away ,
- die back ,
- die down ,
- die off ,
- die out ,
- died down ,
- died out ,
- dies down ,
- digest ,
- dilute ,
- diminished ,
- dip ,
- diplomacy ,
- dipsomania ,
- disable ,
- disablement ,
- disappearance ,
- disarrangement ,
- disarray ,
- discharge ,
- discipline ,
- disclose ,
- discontinue ,
- discover ,
- discreetness ,
- discretion ,
- disfiguration ,
- disfigurement ,
- disgorgement ,
- disinclination ,
- dislocate ,
- dismiss ,
- disorderliness ,
- disorganisation ,
- disparage ,
- displace ,
- disquiet ,
- disruption ,
- disseminated multiple sclerosis ,
- disseminated sclerosis ,
- dissipate ,
- dissipated ,
- dissipation ,
- dissolute ,
- dissolution ,
- dissolve ,
- distract ,
- divulge ,
- do in ,
- doss ,
- doss down ,
- down ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- downslope ,
- draw ,
- draw close ,
- draw near ,
- draw to a close ,
- draw to close ,
- drawing close ,
- draws close ,
- dribble ,
- driblet ,
- dried up ,
- dried-up ,
- drip ,
- drive ,
- drop away ,
- drop cloth ,
- drop curtain ,
- drop dead ,
- drop down ,
- drop off ,
- drop-off ,
- drum out ,
- drunkenness ,
- dry out ,
- dry rot ,
- dry up ,
- dry-rot ,
- drying up ,
- dud ,
- dumbfound ,
- dwindle away ,
- dwindle down ,
- dying down ,
- dyspnoea ,
- dyssynergia ,
- dystrophy ,
- ease off ,
- ease up ,
- easing off ,
- eat ,
- eat at ,
- eat up ,
- ebb away ,
- ebb down ,
- ebb off ,
- ebb out ,
- ebbing ,
- economic consumption ,
- economic crisis ,
- educate ,
- efflorescence ,
- elapse ,
- electric shock ,
- electrical shock ,
- eluding ,
- elusion ,
- embezzlement ,
- emergence ,
- emergency ,
- emesis ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- encroach upon ,
- end ,
- endure ,
- enervating ,
- enfeebling ,
- engender ,
- entail ,
- entrance ,
- equip ,
- equipment casualty ,
- equivocate ,
- erode ,
- eroding ,
- err ,
- erupt ,
- eruption ,
- escape ,
- evanesce ,
- evaporation ,
- evolve ,
- exacerbate ,
- exanthem ,
- exanthema ,
- exasperate ,
- excitation ,
- excitement ,
- exclude ,
- exhaust ,
- exigency ,
- exit ,
- expend ,
- expenditure ,
- experience ,
- experimental condition ,
- expire ,
- explicate ,
- expose ,
- fade away ,
- fade out ,
- faded ,
- fades away ,
- fading away ,
- fag ,
- fag out ,
- faint ,
- fall ,
- fall away ,
- fall back ,
- fall flat ,
- fall in ,
- fall off ,
- fall short ,
- fall through ,
- fallible ,
- falling off ,
- falling out ,
- falling short ,
- falloff ,
- fanatic ,
- fanatical ,
- fascinate ,
- fast ,
- father ,
- fatigue duty ,
- fault ,
- faux pas ,
- fawn ,
- faze ,
- feature ,
- febricity ,
- febrility ,
- feebleness ,
- fell ,
- fervor ,
- fervour ,
- fetch ,
- feverishness ,
- filch ,
- fill ,
- fille ,
- find ,
- fineness ,
- finesse ,
- finish ,
- fire ,
- firing ,
- fit out ,
- fix ,
- fizzle out ,
- flack ,
- flag ,
- flak ,
- flame up ,
- flare ,
- flatten ,
- flaw ,
- fleet ,
- flighty ,
- flimsy ,
- flinch ,
- flip ,
- floating-point operation ,
- floor ,
- flow ,
- flummox ,
- flunk ,
- flush it ,
- flux density ,
- fluxion ,
- fondness ,
- fool ,
- fool away ,
- foolhardy ,
- force out ,
- foreshorten ,
- foretoken ,
- formulate ,
- forsake ,
- foul ,
- founding father ,
- fracture ,
- fragile ,
- fragility ,
- frailness ,
- frailty ,
- freakishness ,
- free fall ,
- fret ,
- frisson ,
- fritter ,
- fritter away ,
- frizz ,
- frizzle ,
- fuck off ,
- fulfil ,
- fulfill ,
- funk ,
- fuse ,
- gaffe ,
- gaining control ,
- gaolbreak ,
- gap ,
- gate-crash ,
- gaucherie ,
- gauntness ,
- gelidity ,
- generate ,
- genetic abnormality ,
- genetic defect ,
- genetic disorder ,
- genus anemia ,
- genus anomia ,
- genus icterus ,
- genus rheum ,
- geological fault ,
- germinate ,
- gestural ,
- get around ,
- get down ,
- get out ,
- get under one's skin ,
- get worse ,
- gets worse ,
- getting worse ,
- gibe ,
- giddiness ,
- gimmick ,
- girl ,
- give ,
- give away ,
- give birth ,
- give notice ,
- give out ,
- give the axe ,
- give the sack ,
- give way ,
- give-up the ghost ,
- glide ,
- glide by ,
- gnaw ,
- gnaw at ,
- go ,
- go against ,
- go along ,
- go bad ,
- go by ,
- go down ,
- go through ,
- go to pieces ,
- go to seed ,
- go to the dogs ,
- go under ,
- go up ,
- go wrong ,
- godforsaken ,
- goes bad ,
- goes to seed ,
- good luck ,
- good time ,
- goody ,
- got worse ,
- gotten worse ,
- grab ,
- graphospasm ,
- gravel ,
- gripes ,
- grovel ,
- grow ,
- growing ,
- grumose ,
- grumous ,
- guff ,
- gust ,
- haemorrhage ,
- halter ,
- hamper ,
- happy chance ,
- harm ,
- harry ,
- hash over ,
- hateful ,
- haul ,
- have got ,
- have in mind ,
- head-shrinker ,
- heady ,
- heart ,
- hereditary condition ,
- herniation ,
- hesitancy ,
- hesitation ,
- hinder ,
- hindrance ,
- hint ,
- hiss ,
- hissing ,
- hit rock bottom ,
- hit the skids ,
- hitch ,
- hogwash ,
- hold ,
- hook ,
- house ,
- huddle ,
- huffy ,
- hurt ,
- hurting ,
- hydrocephaly ,
- hyperkinetic syndrome ,
- iciness ,
- ictus ,
- ignition ,
- ill ,
- ill humor ,
- immix ,
- impact ,
- impair ,
- impairment ,
- impart ,
- impediment ,
- imperfect ,
- imply ,
- improve ,
- incapacitate ,
- incapacitated ,
- inclination ,
- incline ,
- increase ,
- increment ,
- incur ,
- indigenous ,
- induce ,
- induration ,
- industrial disease ,
- inebriation ,
- infest ,
- infirm ,
- inflaming ,
- infliction ,
- infract ,
- ingest ,
- ingestion ,
- inherited disease ,
- inherited disorder ,
- intake ,
- intend ,
- intermission ,
- intermit ,
- interrupt ,
- interruption ,
- intestinal colic ,
- intrude on ,
- invalid ,
- invalidate ,
- irregularity ,
- itch ,
- itchiness ,
- jade ,
- jailbreak ,
- jakob-creutzfeldt disease ,
- jar ,
- jerk ,
- jibe ,
- jolt ,
- jot ,
- jounce ,
- keep down ,
- kick downstairs ,
- kick out ,
- kick the bucket ,
- kickshaw ,
- kindling ,
- kink up ,
- knock down ,
- knock off ,
- knottiness ,
- lack ,
- lame ,
- laminitis ,
- lantern slide ,
- lapsing ,
- lay waste to ,
- laying waste ,
- lazar ,
- leaning ,
- leanness ,
- leave out ,
- legal injury ,
- lend ,
- let ,
- let on ,
- let out ,
- let up ,
- libertine ,
- lift ,
- lightheadedness ,
- lighting ,
- liquefy ,
- liquidate ,
- liquify ,
- list ,
- loll ,
- loose ,
- loosen ,
- loosen up ,
- lose ,
- lost ,
- louse ,
- lumbar pain ,
- luxate ,
- lyssa ,
- macerate ,
- maceration ,
- mad ,
- madness ,
- magnetic field ,
- magnetic flux ,
- magnolia state ,
- maine ,
- make ,
- make grow ,
- make out ,
- make relaxed ,
- malformation ,
- malnourishment ,
- manginess ,
- mansion ,
- manuscript ,
- mar ,
- mark ,
- master of science ,
- match ,
- maturation ,
- mayhem ,
- mbd ,
- me. ,
- mean value ,
- meanspirited ,
- meet ,
- meld ,
- meliorate ,
- melt ,
- melt off ,
- memory loss ,
- mental defectiveness ,
- merge ,
- microscope slide ,
- mingy ,
- minify ,
- minimal brain damage ,
- minimal brain dysfunction ,
- minimize ,
- misapplication ,
- misappropriation ,
- miscarry ,
- miscue ,
- misdirect ,
- miserly ,
- misfire ,
- miss. ,
- misshapenness ,
- mississippi ,
- missy ,
- mistake ,
- mite ,
- mix ,
- modernise ,
- modernize ,
- molder ,
- moorage ,
- mooring ,
- mop up ,
- morbidness ,
- mortification ,
- mortify ,
- mother ,
- motor ataxia ,
- msc ,
- mummify ,
- muscle contraction ,
- muscle spasm ,
- muscular contraction ,
- must ,
- mustiness ,
- myasthenia ,
- mystify ,
- nail ,
- narrow ,
- natural ,
- near ,
- neck opening ,
- necrose ,
- neglect ,
- neoplasm ,
- nerveless ,
- nervous disorder ,
- nest ,
- nestle ,
- neural ,
- neuralgy ,
- neurological disorder ,
- neutralise ,
- neutralize ,
- nip ,
- nobble ,
- nominal aphasia ,
- nonplus ,
- nuclear meltdown ,
- nuisance ,
- nuzzle ,
- obtain ,
- obtrude upon ,
- occupy ,
- oedema ,
- offend ,
- offset ,
- omit ,
- ontogenesis ,
- ontogeny ,
- open frame ,
- originate ,
- oust ,
- outed ,
- outfit ,
- outgrowth ,
- outrage ,
- outwear ,
- overhear ,
- overleap ,
- overlook ,
- overrun ,
- oversight ,
- overtake ,
- overzealous ,
- own ,
- pain in the ass ,
- pain in the neck ,
- pain sensation ,
- painful ,
- painful sensation ,
- painfulness ,
- pall ,
- palter ,
- parapraxis ,
- parkinsonism ,
- paroxysm ,
- part ,
- pass ,
- pass away ,
- pass off ,
- pass up ,
- pause ,
- pay back ,
- pay off ,
- pearl ,
- peculation ,
- pejorate ,
- perish ,
- permissive waste ,
- perplex ,
- perturb ,
- pervert ,
- peter out ,
- phrenitis ,
- pick at ,
- pick up ,
- pilfer ,
- pillory ,
- pillow slip ,
- pillowcase ,
- pine ,
- plague ,
- planetary house ,
- playground slide ,
- polarity ,
- pollute ,
- pop off ,
- pose ,
- possess ,
- potomania ,
- precipitation ,
- precondition ,
- preindication ,
- prepare ,
- press ,
- pretermit ,
- prevaricate ,
- price ,
- primed ,
- prison-breaking ,
- prisonbreak ,
- produce ,
- profane ,
- profligate ,
- psychiatrist ,
- puking ,
- pulmonary tuberculosis ,
- punter ,
- purloin ,
- put down ,
- put up ,
- putrescing ,
- puzzle ,
- pyrexia ,
- quail ,
- qualify ,
- quash ,
- queasy ,
- quiver ,
- rack up ,
- radar target ,
- radioactive decay ,
- ram ,
- ramification ,
- raptus ,
- rarefy ,
- ratify ,
- raw ,
- reach depths ,
- reasoning backward ,
- receive ,
- recess ,
- recidivate ,
- reckless ,
- recoil ,
- recrudesce ,
- redness ,
- reducing ,
- reflux ,
- refuse ,
- regression ,
- regrets ,
- regurgitation ,
- rehash ,
- reject ,
- relapsing ,
- release ,
- relegate ,
- reluctance ,
- repress ,
- respiratory disorder ,
- respiratory illness ,
- respite ,
- retral ,
- retreat ,
- retrogressive ,
- retroversion ,
- retrovert ,
- return ,
- reveal ,
- reversion ,
- reverting ,
- rich person ,
- rick ,
- rickety ,
- rift ,
- right ,
- riotous ,
- rise ,
- roseola ,
- rotted ,
- rotten ,
- rout ,
- rout out ,
- rubor ,
- ruination ,
- ruining ,
- run ,
- run off ,
- run out ,
- run through ,
- rust fungus ,
- rust-brown ,
- rusting ,
- rusty ,
- sabotage ,
- sack ,
- sag ,
- sapless ,
- satisfy ,
- savage ,
- scale down ,
- scandalise ,
- scandalize ,
- scathe ,
- scene ,
- scourge ,
- scram ,
- scratch ,
- scrawniness ,
- scrub ,
- sear ,
- see ,
- seismic disturbance ,
- send away ,
- send packing ,
- sensitive ,
- separate ,
- set ,
- set about ,
- set down ,
- set off ,
- set out ,
- settle ,
- severance ,
- shabbiness ,
- shake ,
- shake off ,
- shaking palsy ,
- shape ,
- shed ,
- shed blood ,
- shell ,
- shift ,
- shimmy ,
- shiver ,
- shivering ,
- shock absorber ,
- shoot ,
- shoplifting ,
- shortcoming ,
- shorten ,
- shriveled ,
- shudder ,
- sibilation ,
- sideslip ,
- sign of the zodiac ,
- sign on ,
- sign up ,
- sign-language ,
- signal ,
- signaling ,
- signalise ,
- signalize ,
- signboard ,
- signed ,
- signify ,
- silly ,
- simplification ,
- sinkhole ,
- sire ,
- skid ,
- skimpy ,
- skin rash ,
- skittish ,
- slack ,
- slack off ,
- slack up ,
- slacken ,
- slacken off ,
- slacking off ,
- slake ,
- slant ,
- slaphappy ,
- slender ,
- slenderize ,
- slenderness ,
- slew ,
- slice ,
- slicing ,
- slick ,
- slickness ,
- slide by ,
- slide down ,
- slideway ,
- sliding board ,
- slight ,
- slightness ,
- slim ,
- slim down ,
- slip away ,
- slip by ,
- slip of paper ,
- slip one's mind ,
- slip-up ,
- slipperiness ,
- slither ,
- sloping trough ,
- slouch ,
- slough ,
- slow down ,
- slue ,
- sm ,
- smash ,
- smite ,
- snap ,
- snap off ,
- snarf ,
- snatch ,
- sneak ,
- sneeze ,
- snuff it ,
- snuggle ,
- soften ,
- solecism ,
- soupcon ,
- sour ,
- sourness ,
- spareness ,
- sparse ,
- sparseness ,
- sparsity ,
- spasmodic ,
- spastic paralysis ,
- specify ,
- speck ,
- spend ,
- sphacelate ,
- sphacelus ,
- splay ,
- split ,
- split up ,
- spoil ,
- spoiling ,
- spoliation ,
- spooky ,
- spot ,
- spring up ,
- squeeze ,
- squeeze out ,
- squinch ,
- squirt ,
- stand ,
- stand for ,
- star sign ,
- stark ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- state of flux ,
- status ,
- steal ,
- step down ,
- step-down ,
- sternutation ,
- stick ,
- stick out ,
- stimulate ,
- stipulate ,
- stipulation ,
- stomach ,
- stomach upset ,
- stop ,
- strangle ,
- strike down ,
- strings ,
- strip ,
- stultification ,
- stupefy ,
- stupor ,
- subdue ,
- subjugate ,
- subscribe ,
- subside ,
- subversion ,
- subvert ,
- suffocation ,
- suit ,
- sum ,
- sum up ,
- summate ,
- sump ,
- supply ,
- support ,
- suspension ,
- sustain ,
- swag ,
- swallow hole ,
- swing ,
- swipe ,
- swoop ,
- take ,
- take aback ,
- take hold of ,
- take in ,
- taking into custody ,
- tally ,
- tantrum ,
- taper off ,
- tapers off ,
- tartness ,
- tear ,
- teddy ,
- tend ,
- tender ,
- tenderness ,
- tenuity ,
- tenuous ,
- term ,
- terms ,
- thin out ,
- think ,
- think of ,
- thinly ,
- thorniness ,
- thriftlessness ,
- thrill ,
- throw ,
- throw away ,
- throw off ,
- throw out ,
- tight ,
- tighten ,
- tilt ,
- time out ,
- tinge ,
- tingle ,
- tip ,
- tire ,
- tire out ,
- tiredness ,
- tolerate ,
- tooth decay ,
- top ,
- tortuousness ,
- tot ,
- tot up ,
- total ,
- tote up ,
- touch ,
- train ,
- trance ,
- transgress ,
- traumatise ,
- traumatize ,
- treat ,
- trim ,
- trim back ,
- trim down ,
- trip ,
- trip up ,
- trouble ,
- tumble ,
- turf out ,
- turkey ,
- turmoil ,
- turn back ,
- turn down ,
- turn out ,
- tweak ,
- tweet ,
- twinge ,
- twirl ,
- twist ,
- twitching ,
- unbend ,
- uncover ,
- undertake ,
- unease ,
- uneasiness ,
- uneasy ,
- unhinge ,
- unlax ,
- unload ,
- unnerve ,
- unquiet ,
- unsettle ,
- unstrain ,
- unwellness ,
- unwholesomeness ,
- unwind ,
- unwrap ,
- upheaval ,
- uprise ,
- upset ,
- uptake ,
- usance ,
- use ,
- use of goods and services ,
- use up ,
- using up ,
- vapor ,
- vaporisation ,
- vaporization ,
- vector decomposition ,
- vellicate ,
- vellication ,
- vex ,
- view ,
- violate ,
- void ,
- vomit ,
- wagerer ,
- wane ,
- waning ,
- wanton ,
- wanton away ,
- ware ,
- warmheartedness ,
- warmness ,
- washout ,
- waste away ,
- waste material ,
- waste matter ,
- waste product ,
- wasted ,
- wasted away ,
- wastefulness ,
- wasteland ,
- watch ,
- weak ,
- weakened ,
- weakly ,
- weakness ,
- wealthy person ,
- wear ,
- wear away ,
- wear down ,
- wear off ,
- wear out ,
- wear upon ,
- weariness ,
- wearing ,
- wearing away ,
- wears away ,
- weary ,
- whip ,
- white plague ,
- whittle away ,
- whittle down ,
- wild ,
- wilt disease ,
- wince ,
- wind down ,
- winding down ,
- wipe out ,
- wipeout ,
- wither ,
- withered ,
- wizen ,
- worsening ,
- worst ,
- wreck ,
- wrecking ,
- wrick ,
- wrong ,
- yearn ,
- yen ,
- young lady ,
- young woman .
- Acute Disease ,
- Atrophies ,
- Chills ,
- Chronic Disease ,
- Diarrhea ,
- Drying ,
- Emaceration ,
- Fainting ,
- Iatrogenic Disease ,
- Low Blood Pressure ,
- Muscular Disease ,
- PHYSICAL DETERIORATION ,
- Parching ,
- Puceron ,
- Rockiness ,
- Searing ,
- Shriveling ,
- Sickishness ,
- Symptomatology ,
- Tabefaction ,
- Urogenital Disease ,
- Virus Disease ,
- abate ,
- abnormality ,
- abort ,
- abscess ,
- affection ,
- affliction ,
- ague ,
- ailment ,
- allergic disease ,
- allergy ,
- anaemia ,
- anemia ,
- ankylosis ,
- anoxia ,
- aphid ,
- apnea ,
- asphyxiation ,
- asthma ,
- ataxia ,
- attenuate ,
- attenuation ,
- backache ,
- bacterial disease ,
- become debilitated ,
- become enervated ,
- become enfeebled ,
- belittle ,
- birth defect ,
- blast ,
- bleeding ,
- blight ,
- break ,
- cachexia ,
- cachexy ,
- cancel ,
- cardiovascular disease ,
- chill ,
- circulatory disease ,
- colic ,
- compaction ,
- complaint ,
- complication ,
- condition ,
- congenital defect ,
- constipation ,
- consume ,
- consumption ,
- contraction ,
- convulsion ,
- corrosion ,
- coughing ,
- cower ,
- crumble ,
- cyanosis ,
- decomposition ,
- decrease ,
- decrement ,
- defalcation ,
- defect ,
- deficiency disease ,
- deformity ,
- degenerative disease ,
- delicacy ,
- desolate ,
- destruction ,
- devastate ,
- devolution ,
- devolve ,
- die ,
- diminish ,
- diminution ,
- disability ,
- disease ,
- disintegrate ,
- disintegration ,
- disorder ,
- disorganization ,
- distemper ,
- dizziness ,
- downfall ,
- droop ,
- drop ,
- dropsy ,
- dwindle ,
- dysentery ,
- dyspepsia ,
- dyspnea ,
- edema ,
- eject ,
- emaciate ,
- endemic ,
- endemic disease ,
- endocrine disease ,
- enervate ,
- epidemic disease ,
- erosion ,
- expel ,
- fading ,
- failing ,
- fatigue ,
- feeble ,
- fever ,
- fibrillation ,
- flux ,
- frail ,
- functional disease ,
- gastrointestinal disease ,
- genetic disease ,
- go to pot ,
- growth ,
- handicap ,
- helpless ,
- hemorrhage ,
- hereditary disease ,
- high blood pressure ,
- hourglass ,
- hydrops ,
- hypertension ,
- hypotension ,
- icterus ,
- illness ,
- impotent ,
- indigestion ,
- indisposition ,
- infectious disease ,
- infirmity ,
- inflammation ,
- insomnia ,
- invalidation ,
- itching ,
- jaundice ,
- lean ,
- lessen ,
- lessening ,
- lumbago ,
- malady ,
- malaise ,
- marasmus ,
- mean ,
- moldiness ,
- morbidity ,
- morbus ,
- nausea ,
- neck ,
- necrosis ,
- neurological disease ,
- occupational disease ,
- organic disease ,
- pain ,
- palsy ,
- paralysis ,
- pathological condition ,
- pathology ,
- phthisis ,
- pinch ,
- pine away ,
- pip ,
- plant disease ,
- plant louse ,
- powerless ,
- prostration ,
- pruritus ,
- putrescence ,
- rash ,
- ravage ,
- ravages of time ,
- reduce ,
- relax ,
- respiratory disease ,
- rheum ,
- rot ,
- rottenness ,
- ruin ,
- rust ,
- sclerosis ,
- seediness ,
- seizure ,
- sere ,
- shock ,
- shrink ,
- shrinkage ,
- shrinking ,
- shrivel ,
- shrivel up ,
- shrivelled ,
- shrunken ,
- sickness ,
- sign ,
- signs ,
- skin eruption ,
- sneezing ,
- sore ,
- spasm ,
- spoilage ,
- squander ,
- stunt ,
- symptom ,
- symptomology ,
- symptoms ,
- syndrome ,
- systole ,
- tabes ,
- tachycardia ,
- terminate ,
- thin ,
- thinning ,
- tumor ,
- tumour ,
- undermine ,
- upset stomach ,
- vertigo ,
- vitiate ,
- vomiting ,
- wastage ,
- waste ,
- wasting ,
- wasting away ,
- wasting disease ,
- weaken ,
- weakening ,
- wear and tear ,
- wilting ,
- withering ,
- wizened .
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How to use "Atrophy" in context?
Atrophy is a medical condition in which the body's mass, or muscle, decreases due to a lack of use or a decrease in the production of muscle cells. Without mass, a person cannot generate the strength or power to perform tasks that require muscle.
Word of the Day
turned-up
- Synonyms:
- dumpy, retrousse, blocky, chubby, podgy, pudgy, pug, retrousse, snub-nosed, squatty.
