GRE Word List

ATROPHY

decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue

The meaning of the word atrophy is decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue.

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lanceta sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile
deposeto remove from a throne or other high position
absolveto set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
migrantone that migrates: such as
stentorianextremely loud
colloquyconversation
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
magistratean official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep