tropho-, troph-, -trophy, -trophs, -trophically, -trophic, -trophous

Degeneration; loss of physical vitality or ability.

1. Pertaining to abiotrophy, which is the physical degeneration or the loss of vitality.
2. Describing disease processes presumed to be a result of abiotrophy or the progressive loss of vitality of certain tissues or organs leading to disorders or loss of functions.

1. The loss of vitality in or the degeneration of certain cells or tissues, as in the aging process; physical degeneration; loss of vitality: "The degeneration or loss of function or vitality in an organism or in cells or tissues not due to any apparent injury; such as, senile dementia and related abiotrophies."
2. Progressive loss of vitality of certain tissues or organs leading to disorders or loss of function: "The abiotrophy of the heart may be appreciably shorter than that of other organs of the body, leading to early disturbance in function that upsets organ-equilibrium."

The progressive loss of vitality of certain tissues or organs leading to disorders or loss of function; applied especially to degenerative hereditary diseases of late onset.

The atrophy of the myocardium or wasting away of the muscles of the heart.

Growth or nourishment of one part or tissue at the expense of another part of the body; as in certain neoplasms.

1. Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion.
2. Rendered non-nutritious by the process of digestion.
3. Plants that are dependent upon other organisms for nutrition; heterotrophic; said of plants unable to perform photosynthesis, as all saprophytes; the opposite of autotrophic.

1. Obtaining nourishment from another organism or organisms.
2. Having an altered nutritive value so as to become less nutritious.
3. A reference to the influx of nutrients into a body of water or ecosystem from outside.

A lake receiving organic materials by drainage from the surrounding land.

Muscular wasting away or atrophy.

A lack of necessary nutrients or substances to make healthy blood: "The patient's anemotrophy resulted in the development of anemia (low red-blood cell counts) as a result of insufficient production of red blood cells by the bone marrow."

1. Preventing or curing atrophy.
2. An agent that promotes the restoration of atrophied structures.

1. Exhibiting or affected by being wasted, withered, or shriveled: "Because of the pain, the patient had an atrophied arm."

"The musician's lack of sufficient training revealed his atrophied talent."

2. With reference to a part of the body, to be reduced in size and therefore strength, or, more generally, to become weaker: "After months of sitting in front of the computer playing games for several hours each day, it was obvious that she had developed atrophied leg muscles which considerabliy handicapped her."
3. In pathology, a wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part because of disease, injury, or lack of use: "Paralysis of the teenager was the cause of his atrophied muscular condition."
4. A wasting away, deterioration, or diminution: "She was told that her atrophied intelligence was a result of not stimulating her mind enough."

Atrophy of the skin that may occur either in discrete localized areas or in widespread areas.

Characterized by atrophy.