atrophy

n.

萎缩，衰退；

vt.& vi.

（使）萎缩，（使）虚脱，（使）衰退；

复数：atrophies过去式：atrophied过去分词：atrophied现在分词：atrophying第三人称单数：atrophies

muscular atrophy肌肉萎缩

1. More exercises can avoid atrophy of cartilage.
   多加锻炼可以避免软骨萎缩。
2. The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.
   除非能多涌现出一些作家和艺术家

1. Muscles that are not used will atrophy.
   肌肉经常不用就会萎缩。
2. Their political power gradually atrophied.
   他们的政治力量逐渐衰退了。

Hippocampal atrophy in recurrent major depression.
Medial temporal atrophy on MRI in normal aging and very mild Alzheimer's disease.
Glucocorticoids and Hippocampal Atrophy in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Hippocampal atrophy correlates with clinical features of Alzheimer disease in African Americans.
Identification of ubiquitin ligases required for skeletal muscle atrophy.
Identification of ubiquitin ligases required for skeletal muscle atrophy.
Identification and characterization of a spinal muscular atrophy-determining gene
Foxo Transcription Factors Induce the Atrophy-Related Ubiquitin Ligase Atrogin-1 and Cause Skeletal Muscle Atrophy
Use of the brain parenchymal fraction to measure whole brain atrophy in relapsing-remitting MS
Akt/mTOR pathway is a crucial regulator of skeletal muscle hypertrophy and can prevent muscle atrophy in vivo.