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The answer ATROPHYING has 4 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of atrophying in various dictionaries:
verb - undergo atrophy
verb - to waste away
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Inga wavering: accepting award or declining? |
Wasting away as a result of disease |
Silver-plated souvenir at home is deteriorating |
Mistreated a pony -- girth is shrinking |
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Dec 7 2009 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
Dec 4 2009 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
Nov 17 2006 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
Jan 18 2004 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
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Present participle of atrophy. |
(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution. |
gradually decline in effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect. |
Gradually decline in effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect. |
The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied. |
Atrophying might refer to |
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Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include mutations (which can destroy the gene to build up the organ), poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply to the target organ, excessive amount of apoptosis of cells, and disuse or lack of exercise or disease intrinsic to the tissue itself. In medical practice, hormonal and nerve inputs that maintain an organ or body part are said to have trophic effects. A diminished muscular trophic condition is designated as atrophy. Atrophy is reduction in size of cell, organ or tissue, after attaining its normal mature growth. In contrast, hypoplasia is the reduction in size of a cell, organ, or tissue that has not attained normal maturity. * Atrophy is the general physiological process of reabsorption and breakdown of tissues, involving apoptosis. When it occurs as a result of disease or loss of trophic support due to other disease, it is termed pathological atrophy, although it can be a part of normal body development and homeostasis as well. |