Etymograph

English

encephalatrophy

From encephal- + atrophy.

Formed from encephal- + atrophy

Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō

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Ancient Greek τροφή ‘that which provides or procures sustenance’

Ancient Greek ἀτροφία ‘a wasting away’

Latin atrophia

French atrophie

English atrophy

Today it means

noun Atrophy of the brain.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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