ATROPHY

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 4

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) A wasting away of the flesh. ATROPIA. {Gr. oiT^oroi, one of the Fates.) A highly poisonous alkaline substance, extracted from the atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade. [s. 117]