OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22067

atrophy

/ˈæt.ɹə.fi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atrofia
A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
Now that chatbots are going the way of Google—moving from the miraculous to the taken-for-granted—the anxiety has shifted, too, from apocalypse to atrophy. Teachers, especially, sa…
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📚 verb • entry_id 22068

atrophy

/ˈæt.ɹə.fi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atrofiarse
To wither or waste away.
Boy. I love summer vacation. I can feel my brain beginning to atrophy already.
The M10 highway looks normal enough at the southern limits of St. Petersburg, but then, with a jolt, it begins to atrophy. For the next 430 miles the surface of the highway, while…
atrofiar
To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion
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