atrophia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ā̆trŏphī̆a, ae, f., = ἀτροφία,

a wasting consumption , atrophy (in pure Lat., tabes), Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14; 3, 7; Theod. Prisc. 2, 11; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 7, 27 (in Cels. 3, 22, written as Greek).