atrophy

Example Sentences

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The new version, which Novartis will sell under the brand name Itvisma, is approved for spinal muscular atrophy patients aged 2 and older.

From Barron's

Scans of his brain even revealed severe atrophying and the hallmarks of the disease: rough, hard, amyloid plaques and spaghetti-like tangles of tau proteins.

From New York Times

Bearing witness is a muscle; it is both a noun and a verb; it is something that we must exercise lest it atrophy.

From Salon

Her world atrophied, limited almost entirely to her own home.

From Washington Post

Council voted to phase out, and spoke about the dangers of allowing the size of the overall force to atrophy by attrition.

From Washington Post