atrophic

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   relating to or characterized by atrophy

   “atrophic arthritis”

Questions about atrophic

What does atrophic mean?

atrophic means "relating to or characterized by atrophy".

How many syllables are in atrophic?

atrophic has 3 syllables and divides as a-tro-phic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is atrophic a common word?

atrophic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.