[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Alsoa·tro·phi·a[]Pathology.a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.", "degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse:He argued that there was a progressive atrophy of freedom and independence of thought."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with or without object)", "List Items": ["to affect with or undergo atrophy."]}]