Don't let your muscles atrophy.
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Atrophy
/ˈæt.ɹə.fi/
Synonyms for "atrophy" (205 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Noun(2 words)
wasting awayatrophying
abnormalityabscessacute diseaseaffectionafflictionagueailmentallergic diseaseallergyanemiaankylosisanoxiaapneaasphyxiationasthmaataxiaattenuationbackachebacterial diseasebirth defect
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bleedingblennorheablightcachexiacachexycardiovascular diseasechillchillschronic diseasecirculatory diseasecoliccomplaintcomplicationconditioncongenital defectconstipationconsumeconsume awayconsumption
Strong matches (62)
convulsioncoughingcyanosisdecadencedecaydeclensiondeclinationdeclinedefectdeficiency diseasedeformitydegeneracydegenerationdegenerative diseasedevolutiondiarrheadisabilitydiseasedisorderdistemper
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dizzinessdownfalldowngradedribble awaydropsydryingdrying updysenterydyspepsiadyspneaedemaemacerationemaciateemaciationendemicendemic diseaseendocrine diseaseepidemic diseasefaintingfatiguefeverfibrillationfluxfunctional diseasefungus diseasegastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseasegrowthhandicaphemorrhagehereditary diseasehigh blood pressure
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(2 words)
Related words (102)
hydropshypertensionhypotensioniatrogenic diseaseicterusillnessindigestionindispositioninfectious diseaseinfirmityinflammationinsomniaitchingjaundicelabored breathinglow blood pressurelumbagomaladymalaisemarasmus
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marcescencemorbiditymorbusmuscular diseasenasal dischargenauseanecrosisneurological diseasenutritional diseaseoccupational diseaseorganic diseasepainpandemic diseaseparalysisparchingpathological conditionpathologypine awaypipplant diseasepreshrinkageprotozoan diseaseprurituspsychosomatic diseaserashrespiratory diseaserheumrockinessruinrun to seedrun to wastesanforizingsclerosissearingsecondary diseaseseedinessseizureshockshrinkageshrinkingshrivelingsickishnesssicknesssignsignsskin eruptionsneezingsorespasmsymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndrometabestachycardiathe pipthinningtumorupset stomachurogenital diseasevertigovirus diseasevomitingwastagewastewaste awaywastingwasting diseasewiltingwither awaywitheringworm disease
Verb(1 words)
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12 entriesbone atrophybureaucratic atrophycardiac atrophycerebral atrophycivic atrophyeconomic atrophyhabit atrophyinstitutional atrophymuscle atrophynerve atrophyorganizational atrophyskill atrophy
Collocations
9 entriesage related atrophybone atrophybrain atrophycerebral atrophymuscle atrophynerve atrophyoptic atrophyprogressive atrophysevere atrophy
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Astronauts' muscles atrophy when they spend a long time in zero gravity.
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Muscle atrophy, as it's also known, is a common result of starvation and a number of very serious diseases, including cancer, diabetes and AIDS.
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Other types of antisense oligonucleotides have been approved by U.S. regulators and are being used to treat the neurodegenerative disease muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy. The compound is in clinical trials for Huntington’s disease and ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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