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[syn: atrophied, wasted, diminished]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Atrophied \At"ro*phied\, p. a.
Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in
development at a very early stage; rudimentary.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Atrophy \At"ro*phy\, v. t. [p. p. Atrophied.]
To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or
weaken.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
atrophied
adj 1: (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength
as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial
paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm" [syn:
atrophied, wasted, diminished] [ant: enlarged,
hypertrophied]