Don't let your muscles atrophy.
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Atrophy
//ˈæt.ɹə.fi//
Synonyms for "atrophy" (194 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (58)
consumptionconvulsioncoughingcyanosisdecadencedecaydeclensiondeclinationdeclinedefectdeficiency diseasedeformitydegeneracydegenerationdegenerative diseasedeteriorationdevolutiondiarrheadisabilitydisease
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disorderdistemperdizzinessdownfalldowngradedribble awaydropsydryingdrying updysenterydyspepsiadyspneaedemaemacerationemaciateemaciationendemicendemic diseaseendocrine diseaseepidemic diseasefaintingfatiguefeverfibrillationfluxfunctional diseasefungus diseasegastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseasegrowthhandicaphemorrhagehereditary diseasehigh blood pressurehydrops
Related words (97)
hypertensionhypotensioniatrogenic diseaseicterusillnessindigestionindispositioninfectious diseaseinfirmityinflammationinsomniaitchingjaundicelabored breathinglow blood pressurelumbagomaladymalaisemarasmusmarcescence
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morbiditymorbusmuscular 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
Noun(3 words)
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6 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
15 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 33 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- atrofi noun (reduced functionality)
Arabic
4 entries- تَلَاشٍ noun (reduced functionality)
- ضُمُور noun (reduced functionality)
- تَلَاشَى verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
- ضَمُرَ verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- atrofiya noun (reduced functionality)
Belarusian
2 entries- атрафі́я noun (reduced functionality)
- атрафі́равацца verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Bulgarian
2 entries- атрофия noun (reduced functionality)
- атрофирам verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Catalan
2 entries- atròfia noun (reduced functionality)
- atrofiar-se verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 萎縮 /萎缩 noun (reduced functionality)
- 退化 noun (reduced functionality)
- 使萎縮 /使萎缩 verb ((transitive) cause to waste away)
- 使衰弱 verb ((transitive) cause to waste away)
Czech
2 entries- zakrnění noun (reduced functionality)
- zakrnět verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Danish
1 entries- atrofi noun (reduced functionality)
Dutch
1 entries- atrofie noun (reduced functionality)
Esperanto
1 entries- atrofio noun (reduced functionality)
Faroese
1 entries- svinn noun (reduced functionality)
Finnish
4 entries- atrofia noun (reduced functionality)
- atropia noun (reduced functionality)
- surkastuma noun (reduced functionality)
- surkastuminen noun (reduced functionality)
French
2 entries- atrophie noun (reduced functionality)
- atrophier verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
German
2 entries- Atrophie noun (reduced functionality)
- absterben verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Greek
3 entries- ατροφία noun (reduced functionality)
- ατροφώ verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
- μαραίνομαι verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Icelandic
1 entries- rýrnun noun (reduced functionality)
Ido
1 entries- atrofiar verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Italian
1 entries- atrofia noun (reduced functionality)
Japanese
1 entries- 萎縮 noun (reduced functionality)
Lithuanian
3 entries- atrofija noun (reduced functionality)
- atrofuoti verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
- atrofuotis verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Māori
1 entries- whakamemeke verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- atrofi noun (reduced functionality)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- atrofi noun (reduced functionality)
Polish
1 entries- atrofia noun (reduced functionality)
Portuguese
2 entries- atrofia noun (reduced functionality)
- atrofiar verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Romanian
3 entries- atrofie noun (reduced functionality)
- atrofiere noun (reduced functionality)
- atrofia verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Russian
3 entries- атрофи́я noun (reduced functionality)
- атрофи́ровать verb ((transitive) cause to waste away)
- атрофи́роваться verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Sicilian
1 entries- atrufìa noun (reduced functionality)
Spanish
3 entries- atrofia noun (reduced functionality)
- atrofiar verb ((transitive) cause to waste away)
- atrofiarse verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Swedish
2 entries- atrofi noun (reduced functionality)
- atrofiera verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Turkish
2 entries- atrofi noun (reduced functionality)
- körelmek verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Ukrainian
3 entries- атрофі́я noun (reduced functionality)
- атрофува́ти verb ((transitive) cause to waste away)
- атрофува́тися verb ((intransitive) wither or waste away)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Astronauts' muscles atrophy when they spend a long time in zero gravity.
Source: tatoeba (11117038)
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.
Source: tatoeba (12102076)
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.
Source: tatoeba (12257415)
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