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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
atrophied
    adj 1: (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength
           as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial
           paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm" [syn:
           atrophied, wasted, diminished] [ant: enlarged,
           hypertrophied]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Atrophied \At"ro*phied\, p. a.
   Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in
   development at a very early stage; rudimentary.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Atrophy \At"ro*phy\, v. t. [p. p. Atrophied.]
   To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or
   weaken.
   [1913 Webster]

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