The phrase "diminished area" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to an area that has become smaller or decreased in size, importance, or significance. Example: The construction of the new highway has resulted in a diminished area of natural habitat for wildlife.
The reduced dimensions of fetal capillaries in villi may affect the placental blood flow, and the diminished area for exchange of gasses and nutrients between the mother and the fetus will increase the risk of fetal undernourishment.
Simulation results indicated that as NHK colonies expanded during co-culture, the HDF density outside NHK colonies increased steadily due to HDF division and the diminished area for HDF.
Similarly, C57BL/6 DIO mice receiving fat forage demonstrate decreased HCC incidence and diminished area of hepatic foci [ 18].
On F-PET scans, 2 patients showed a diminished area with low uptake, 4 were unchanged, and 5 had enlarged areas.
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"What we have measured is that growing up in poverty seems to have diminished areas like the prefrontal lobe and hippocampus, which are important both for academic performance and decision making.
Scientists believe that the diminishing area of the Arctic Ocean that is covered by floating sea ice is forcing the polar bear to come into closer contact with the related grizzly bear, resulting in hybrids that could threaten the distinctive gene pool of both species.
Bradypus torquatus, the maned three-toed sloth, occupies a diminishing area of coastal forests of eastern Brazil, and B. pygmaeus, the pygmy three-toed sloth, only recently described, is endemic to the small island, Isla Escudo de Veraguas on the Atlantic coast of Panama [ 1].
Britain, by contrast, has no peak over 1,500 metres, no glaciers, diminishing areas of moorland, and in terms of woodland it is one of the most radically scalped of all the world's countries.
As a consequence, very large areas were invaded by "woody weeds"—unpalatable native shrubs that have created new areas of scrublands and greatly diminished the area's grazing value.
Following the satellite pass, the center of circulation became partially exposed to the northwest and the area of convection associated with the depression diminished in area.
