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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Atrophied  \At"ro*phied\,  p.  a. 
  Affected  with  atrophy,  as  a  tissue  or  organ;  arrested  in 
  development  at  a  very  early  stage;  rudimentary. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Atrophy  \At"ro*phy\,  v.  t.  [p.  p.  {Atrophied}.] 
  To  cause  to  waste  away  or  become  abortive;  to  starve  or 
  weaken. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  atrophied 
  adj  :  (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:  {wasted}, 
  {diminished}]  [ant:  {hypertrophied}] 




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