atrophic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /eɪˈtɹoʊfɪk/ (US)
- /əˈtɹɑfɪk/ (US)
- /əˈtɹɒfɪk/ (UK)
- /eɪˈtɹɒfɪk/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English atrophy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atrophic From atrophy + -ic.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy.
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(not-comparable, of a scar) Sunken, recessed, and indented.
Coordinate term: hypertrophic
Deriveds
atrophic vaginitis · anatrophic · encephalatrophic · fibroatrophic · cerebroatrophic · nonatrophic · lipoatrophic · panatrophic · antiatrophic · scleroatrophic · atrophically
Relateds
Translations (10)
ia atrophic (pertaining to atrophy) · de atrophisch (pertaining to atrophy) · nl atrofisch (pertaining to atrophy) · es atrófico (pertaining to atrophy) · it atrofico (pertaining to atrophy) · fr atrophique (pertaining to atrophy) · ca atròfic (pertaining to atrophy) · fi atrofinen (pertaining to atrophy) · cs atrofický (pertaining to atrophy) · pl atroficzny (pertaining to atrophy)