Hyphenation
at·ro·phyTurkish pronunciation
ätrıfiPronunciation
/ˈatrəfē/ /ˈætrəfiː/
Etymology
[ 'a-tr&-fE ] (noun.) 1601. From French atrophie Latin atrophia Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophia, “a wasting away”) ἄτροφος (atrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”) ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τροφή (trophē, “nourishment”) τρέφω (trephō, “I fatten”).