1. (n.) A wasting away from lack of nourishment or use; as, atrophy of a muscle\.

2. (v. t.) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

3. (v. i.) To waste away; to dwindle.

Sanforizing abnormality abscess acute disease affection affliction ague ailment allergic disease allergy anemia ankylosis anoxia apnea asphyxiation asthma ataxia attenuation backache bacterial disease birth defect bleeding blennorhea blight cachexia cachexy cardiovascular disease chill chills chronic disease circulatory disease colic complaint complication condition congenital defect constipation consume consume away consumption convulsion coughing cyanosis decadence declension declination decline defect deficiency disease deformity degeneracy degeneration degenerative disease devolution diarrhea disability disease disorder distemper dizziness downfall downgrade dribble away dropsy drying drying up dysentery dyspepsia dyspnea edema emaceration emaciate emaciation endemic endemic disease endocrine disease epidemic disease fainting fatigue fever fibrillation flux functional disease fungus disease gastrointestinal disease genetic disease growth handicap hemorrhage hereditary disease high blood pressure hydrops hypertension hypotension iatrogenic disease icterus illness indigestion indisposition infectious disease infirmity inflammation insomnia itching jaundice labored breathing low blood pressure lumbago malady malaise marasmus marcescence morbidity morbus muscular disease nasal discharge nausea necrosis neurological disease nutritional disease occupational disease organic disease pain pandemic disease paralysis parching pathological condition pathology pine away plant disease preshrinkage protozoan disease pruritus psychosomatic disease rash respiratory disease rheum rockiness run to seed run to waste sclerosis searing secondary disease seediness seizure shock shrinkage shrinking shriveling sickishness sickness signs skin eruption sneezing sore spasm symptomatology symptomology symptoms syndrome tabes tachycardia the pip thinning tumor upset stomach urogenital disease vertigo virus disease vomiting wastage waste waste away wasting wasting disease wilting wither away withering worm disease