atrophie

See also: Atrophie and atrophié

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ātrophīa, from Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophía, “a wasting away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tʁɔ.fi/

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Noun

atrophie f (plural atrophies)

1. (pathology) atrophy

Descendants

• → English: atrophy
• → Persian: آتروفی (âtrofi)
• → Romanian: atrofie
• → Turkish: atrofi

Further reading

• “atrophie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.