 | 1902 - 554 pages
...at'ro-pliy, at'ro-fi. I. rt. & ri. [-РШЕР; -PIIY"INO.] To cause to waste away; wither. II. n. [-ГШК81, pi.] A wasting or withering of the body or any of its parts; also, a stoppage of the growth of a 'part or organ. [< Gr.LT- + F a- priv, 4- trepho, nourish.] at-tach",... | |
 | James Champlin Fernald - English language - 1910 - 502 pages
...at'ro-pby, at'ro-fi. l.vt.&vi. [-PHIBD; -PHY'ING.J To cause to waste away; wither. II. n. [-PH1ES1, pi.] A wasting or withering of the body or any of its parts ; a stoppage of growth. at-tach", a>tach', vt. & t'i. To fasten; join; connect; attribute; assign; unite; win; seize by legal... | |
 | David Seabury - Adolescence - 1928 - 746 pages
...lightning. atavistic. Reversion through the agency of heredity to remote ancestral attributes. atrophy. A wasting or withering of the body or any of its parts. attraction. One of the laws of compatibility in human relations. Psychic harmony, mental comradery,... | |
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II. n. [-PHIESZ, pi.] A wasting or withering of the body or any of its parts; a stoppage of growth. 