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  tissue shrinking /tˈɪʃuː ʃɹˈɪŋkɪŋ/
  Gewebsschwund , Gewebsschrumpfung , Schwund , Schrumpfung 
           Note: in Zusammensetzungen, Atrophie  [med.]
        "muscular tissue shrinking"  - muskulärer Gewebsschwund
        "periodontal tissue shrinking"  - Wurzelhautatrophie, Gewebsschwund der Zahnwurzel
     Synonyms: shrinking of tissue, atrophy
  
   see: acute shrinking of the liver tissue, blue atrophy, brown atrophy, facioscapulohumeral atrophy, Landouzy-Déjerine dystrophy, grey atrophy, hemifacial atrophy, hemilingual atrophy, interstitial atrophy, Volkman's contracture, pseudohypertrophic muscular paralysis, neural atrophy, neuropathic atrophy, neurotrophic atrophy, trophoneurotic atrophy, olivopontocerebellar atrophy, pathologic atrophy, physiological atrophy, pseudohypertophic muscular dystrophy, red atrophy, periodontal atrophy