troph

nourishment, food

Usage

  • atrophy

    Atrophy is a process by which parts of the body, such as muscles and organs, lessen in size or weaken in strength due to internal nerve damage, poor nutrition, or aging.

  • atrophied

    (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use

  • atrophying

    muscles’ lessening in size or weakening in strength

  • dystrophy

    any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

  • hypertrophy

    undergo hypertrophy

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