English

hypotrophy

From hypo- + -trophy.

Formed from hypo + trophy

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo

Proto-Indo-European *trep- ‘to turn’

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Ancient Greek τροπαῖος ‘of defeat’

Ancient Greek τρόπαιον ‘monument of an enemy's defeat’

Latin trophaeum ‘a sign of victory’

Middle French trophée ‘memorial’

Today it means

noun A degeneration in the functioning of an organ due to the reduction of the volume of the cells.

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

Etymograph / hypotrophy