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atrophy

noun as in wasting away, disintegration

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“Our statewide Republican fundraising has atrophied because it has been over a generation since we had a viable statewide candidate in California,” he said.

When it is pulled out, it is examined for patterns of atrophy or old contusions.

Other research, the study noted, has found “greater male susceptibility to cortical atrophy and neuroinflammation under stress, which aligns with our findings of heightened pandemic-related brain aging in males.”

"When you get machines thinking for you, your brain just atrophies."

From BBC

What is remembered and honored is his response to the ultimate “failure”: a failure of upper and lower motor neurons to make necessary connections that ultimately leads to rapidly progressive muscle weakness and atrophy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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