Word "ATROPHY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Synonyms:
wasting, wasting away

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
Synonyms:
withering

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
undergo atrophy
Examples:
Muscles that are not used will atrophy

Crossword Clues for ATROPHY

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A thing put in a cabinet is showing decline (7)
Degeneration of a victory symbol (7)
Waste away after collecting a prize (7)
It's a waste of a prize (7)
Decline what one of the finalists got (7)
Any weakening or degeneration, especially through lack of use. (7)
Waste away Premier Sunday 11 May 2025
Declining an award (7)
Waste away, wither
Decline what Spurs fans are desperate for (7)
Waste a sporting triumph (7) The Guardian Cryptic 06 Feb 2025
Wasting a prize perhaps (7)
Wasting an award (7) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Nov 2024
A cup going to waste (7)
A weakness for glorious silverware? (7)
Shrink and decay
An award for degeneration (7)
A thing put in a cabinet, perhaps, gets to shrivel (7)
A prize for wasting or degeneration! (7)
...to decline an award (7)
Waste away The Times Sunday Concise 11 Aug 2024
A progressive decline (7)
Piece of silverware in bad condition
A prize that will wither away (7)
A prize for waste (7)
Waste away, having won a cup (7)
Waste a cup (7)
Wasting a prize (7)
A thing sought by sports competitors getting to grow weak? (7)
Decline America's cup (7)
Decline America's cup The Guardian Cryptic 19 Jan 2024
Shrink from being given an award (7)
The wasting of a prize (7)
Bodily wasting (7)
Waste away through disuse (7) Puzzler 24 Nov 2023
A prize for wasting? The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Aug 2022
Waste away The Times Concise 27 May 2022
Progressive decline The Washington Post 16 May 2021
Progressive decline LA Times Daily 16 May 2021
Degenerate having a souvenir The Sun Two Speed 26 Oct 2020
Waste away The Sun Two Speed 26 Oct 2020
Some silverware for degenerate The Sun Two Speed 27 Jul 2020
Wasting away The Telegraph Quick 15 May 2020
Shrink starts to appreciate the repercussions of psychosis haunting you
Waste away after American pot
Waste away from disuse Universal 14 Aug 2019
Weaken from disuse The Washington Post 26 Feb 2019
Weaken from disuse LA Times Daily 26 Feb 2019
Waste away from disuse
Weaken from disuse
. Decrease in size of a prize
Waste away The Times Concise 14 May 2018
Shrink one spoils
Wither The Times Concise 25 Feb 2018
. Shrink gets an award
Become weak and die away through lack of use Irish Times Simplex 10 Jul 2017
Degenerate from disuse LA Times Daily 05 Mar 2017
Degenerate from disuse The Washington Post 05 Mar 2017
Become weak and thin through lack of use or nourishment Irish Times Simplex 07 Oct 2016
How party without women sadly becomes degenerate The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Oct 2016
Waste away The Washington Post 24 Jul 2016
...decline a prize
Waste away The Telegraph Quick 14 Jan 2016
Wither away Eugene Sheffer 12 Jan 2016
Decline a prize
Waste a shot taking on poor header, initially
Alice's first cup to get smaller
Waste away, as muscles USA Today 26 Aug 2015
Decline a piece of silverware?
Waste away, as muscles
Wasting an award
Wither away
Decline from disuse
Wither away
Wither
Lose strength
Waste away
Result of nonuse
Go downhill
Weaken from disuse
Waste away
Diminution
Wasting away
Degenerate
Souvenir found by a degenerate
Stagnation
Degenerate
Degeneration
Waste away
Waste away
Go to pot
Waste away.
Fail from disuse.
Progressive decline.
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