April 18, 2017,Expect bus delays for Woodbridge High School due to a traffic accident on Old Bridge Road. No reports of students or staff involved.
(Ätâ²rÉ-fÄ) n. pl. atÂ·roÂ·phies. 1. A wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use: muscular atrophy of a person affected with paralysis. 2. A wasting away, deterioration, or diminution: intellectual atrophy. v. atÂ·roÂ·phied, atÂ·roÂ·phyÂ·ing, atÂ·roÂ·phies.
If enough cells in an organ atrophy the entire organ will decrease in size. Thymus atrophy during early human development (childhood) is an example of physiologic atrophy. Skeletal muscle atrophy is a common pathologic adaptation to skeletal muscle disuse (commonly called disuse atrophy).