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)
- (pathology) atrophy
Descendants
- → English: atrophy
- → Romanian: atrofie
Further reading
- “atrophie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.