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Just one cup can cause physical deterioration (7)

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I believe the answer is:

atrophy

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'physical deterioration' is the definition.
'atrophy' can be an answer for 'deterioration' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'physical' bit.

'just one cup' is the wordplay.
'just one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing. I am not sure about the 'just' bit.).
'cup' becomes 'trophy' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'trophy'='ATROPHY'

'can cause' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for atrophy that I've seen before include "wasting away" , "Degenerate" , "Decline" , "Waste away (from disuse?)" , "Degeneration" .)

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