atrophy 

  1. 名詞
不可數名詞: (身體部位等的)萎縮/
發育停止/
虛脫, 衰退
(植物等的)減縮
不可數名詞:
spinal muscular atrophy:
脊髓性肌肉萎縮症

    
                        
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    動詞
不及物動詞:
身體部位等: 萎縮|虛脫, 衰退
及物動詞:
使...(身體部位、資源等)萎縮
使...(身體部位、資源等)衰退
使...(身體部位等)虛脫
/此動詞過去式與過去分詞為"atrophied"/
/現在分詞為"atrophying"/
/第三者單數現在式為"atrophies"/

    

    同義字詞
crumble,decay,decline,degenerate,descend,deteriorate,devolve,ebb,regress,retrograde,rot,sink,worsen

    
                        
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                                What tells the villi to atrophy ?                            
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                                Let the old world fears die of atrophy .                            
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                                John Beohner is suffering from testicular atrophy .                            
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                                Brain atrophy was only found upon post-mortem autopsy.                            
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                                Secondary optic nerve atrophy is frequently irreversible.                            
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