a. [f. Gr. ἄτροφ-ος (see ATROPHY sb.) + -IC.] = ATROPHOUS.
1865. C. Jones, Year-bk. Med., 86. Atrophic degeneration of the Spinal Cord.
1876. trans. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 252. Tissues … atrophic or flaccid.
