ATROPHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atrophic mean? 

• ATROPHIC (adjective)
  The adjective ATROPHIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to or characterized by atrophy

  Familiarity information: ATROPHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATROPHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characterized by atrophy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

atrophic arthritis

Pertainym:

atrophy (a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse)

 Context examples 

Several morphologic variants exist, including atrophic, pseudohyperplastic, foamy gland, and oncocytic variants.

(Acinar Prostate Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

K. ozaenae is pathogenic and a causative agent of ozena/atrophic rhinitis.

(Klebsiella pneumoniae, NCI Thesaurus)

An intradermal nevus characterized by the presence of nests of atrophic nevus cells which are hyalinized and resemble nerve bundles.

(Neuronevus, NCI Thesaurus)

The impaired absorption of vitamin B-12 is secondary to atrophic gastritis and loss of gastric parietal cells.

(Pernicious anemia, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be associated with autoimmune chronic atrophic gastritis, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, or it may be sporadic.

(Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)

H. mustelae is part of the normal flora of the ferret gastrointestinal tract and causes peptic ulcer disease and chronic atrophic gastritis.

(Helicobacter mustelae, NCI Thesaurus)

It most commonly develops after a long period of atrophic gastritis and is strongly associated with Helicobacter pylori infection.

(Gastric Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An unusual variant of acinar prostate adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of neoplastic small atrophic glands that contain malignant cells with scant cytoplasm.

(Acinar Prostate Adenocarcinoma, Atrophic Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

The classification of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) includes Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) or chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and its variants, Graves' disease (GD) and autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis or primary myxedema.

(Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Several histologic variants have been described, including atrophic, acantholytic, and hyperkeratotic variants.

(Actinic (Solar) Keratosis, NCI Thesaurus)