萎縮 いしゅく withering #10,817 Meanings also 委縮 noun, takes する, intransitive withering; shrivelling; shrinking medicine contraction; atrophy Its kanji 萎 イ · な、しお.れる、しな.びる、しぼ.む、な.える wither, droop, lame 縮 シュク · ちぢ.む、ちぢ.まる、ちぢ.める、ちぢ.れる、ちぢ.らす shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce