atrophia

(ah-tro’fe-ah) [1,., from Gr. a neg. + τροφή nourishment]. Latin for atrophy. 8. cu’- tis. See alrophoderma. a. infan’tum, tabes mesenteric a. @. musculo’rum lipoma to’sa, pseudohy per trophic muscular paralysis. See under paralysis. a. pilo‘rum pro’pria, atrophy of the hair. a. testic’uli, wasting of the testicle. a. un’guium, atrophy of the nails.