AT'ROPHY, noun [Gr. a priv. and to nourish.]
A consumption or wasting of the flesh, with loss of strength, without any sensible cause or hectic fever; a wasting from defect of nourishment.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.