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atrophy . ( Of the lat. ) atrophia, and this of the g ? 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. atrophy degenerative. 1. f. Which is accompanied by a destructive process of cells of a tissue. atrophy physiological. 1. f. In certain tissues or organs resulting in the natural evolution of the Agency unnecessary. atrophy senile. 1. f. Tissues and organs when the individual reaches old age.