Meaning of the word atrophic in English

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atrophic

US /eɪˈtroʊ.fɪk/
UK /eɪˈtroʊ.fɪk/

Adjective

1.

(of tissue or an organ in the body) having atrophied (= become smaller or thinner and weaker):

Example:
These changes were more noticeable in the atrophic right kidney than in the left kidney.
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