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atrophy

partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body
MedicalCondition disease Q194520
atrophy
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Summary

atrophy is a disease[1]. atrophy ranks in the top 6% of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,997 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: hypotrophy[3]
  • Commons category: Atrophy[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Atrophy[5]
  • Facet of: anatomical pathology[6]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[9]
  • Different from: Atrophy[10]
  • Health specialty: pathology[11]

Why It Matters

atrophy has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] atrophy is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

disease pathology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). atrophy. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/atrophy
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_atrophy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{atrophy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/atrophy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → Bz3Bd
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Experimental factor ontology id → 1000096
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Experimental factor ontology id: 1000096, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/154231514|Atrophy (#154231514)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6011|Experimenta"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 20904, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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