atrial.html - n.
(pl. atriums or atria)
1 a the central court of an ancient Roman house. b a usu. skylit central court rising through several storeys with galleries and rooms opening off at each level. c esp. US (in a modern house) a central hall or glazed court with rooms opening off it.
2 Anat. a cavity in the body, esp. one of the two upper cavities of the heart, receiving blood from the veins.

atrial adj. [L]

atrial.html - adj.
literary melancholy; ill-tempered. [L atra bilis black bile, transl. Gk melagkholia MELANCHOLY]

atrial.html - n.
(pl. atriums or atria)
1 a the central court of an ancient Roman house. b a usu. skylit central court rising through several storeys with galleries and rooms opening off at each level. c esp. US (in a modern house) a central hall or glazed court with rooms opening off it.
2 Anat. a cavity in the body, esp. one of the two upper cavities of the heart, receiving blood from the veins.

atrial adj. [L]

atrial.html - adj.
1 very bad or unpleasant (atrocious weather; their manners were atrocious).
2 extremely savage or wicked (atrocious cruelty).

atrociously adv. atrociousness n. [L atrox -ocis cruel]

atrial.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 an extremely wicked or cruel act, esp. one involving physical violence or injury.
2 extreme wickedness. [F atrocit

or L atrocitas (as ATROCIOUS, -ITY)]

atrial.html - v. & n.
--v.

(-ies, -ied)
1 intr. waste away through undernourishment, ageing, or lack of use; become emaciated.
2 tr. cause to atrophy.

--n.

the process of atrophying; emaciation. [F atrophie or LL atrophia f. Gk f. a- not + trophe food]