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atrophies

atrophies is the plural of atrophy.

atrophies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of atrophy.

Meaning of atrophy

Noun

atrophy (countable and uncountable, plural atrophies)

  1. 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, say they’re beginning to see the rot. The term for it is unlovely but not inapt: de-skilling.2025 October 26, Kwame Anthony Appiah, “The Age of De-Skilling”, in The Atlantic

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Phrases with atrophies

Questions about atrophies

What is atrophies the plural of?
Atrophies is the plural of atrophy.

Words near atrophies in the dictionary

  1. atrophias
  2. atrophiated
  3. atrophic
  4. atrophically
  5. atrophied
  6. atrophies
  7. atrophin
  8. atrophins
  9. atrophism
  10. atrophoderma
  11. atrophoderma vermiculata

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