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atrophy

How many syllables in atrophy?

  3 syllables

Divide atrophy into syllables:   at-ro-phy
Stressed syllable in atrophy:   at-ro-phy
How to pronounce atrophy:   a-truh-fee
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Synonyms for atrophy


1 syllable
  • waste
    2 syllables
    • shrivel
    • wither
    • weaken
    3 syllables
    • waste away
      4 syllables
        5 syllables
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          What rhymes with atrophy

          3 syllables
          • family
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