Atrophic
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy
Symptom
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.Anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
Example sentence: Famine is about so much more than food: it is about a famine of education, democracy, health, transport, and so many other items. The food famine becomes a symptom of that vast failure.