atrophy.
(Of thelat.)atrophia, and this of theg ? t?(do f? a, lack of nutrition).
1. f. lack of development of any part of the body.
2. f. Biol. Decrease in the size or number, or both things at the same time, of one or more tissues that form a body, with the consequent impairment of the volume, weight and functional activity, due to shortages or delays in the nutritional process.
Which is accompanied by a destructive process of cells of a tissue.1. f. In certain tissues or organs resulting in the natural evolution of the Agency unnecessary.
1. f. Tissues and organs when the individual reaches old age.
