atrophies Definition

atrophy
verb, tr & intr atrophies, atrophied, atrophying

1. To make or become weak and thin through lack of use or nourishment.
2. To diminish or die away; to cause to diminish or die away.

Example: Love and respect had atrophied with the passing years

noun

1. The process of atrophying.

Thesaurus: wasting, shriveling, shrinking, deterioration, emaciation, degeneration, withering, decline.

Etymology: 17c: from Greek atrophia lack of nourishment, from trephein to feed.