dystrophy
Meaning
A wasting of body tissues, of either genetic origin or due to inadequate or defective nutrition.
Synonyms
growth failure in tissue
ill-nourished
poor nutritional state
Translations
distrofia
Dystrophie
distrofia
distrofia
dystrofie
distròfia
myopathie de Duchenne myopathie de duchenne distrophie voedingsstoornisPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɪstɹəfi/
Etymology
From dys- + -trophy, literally “bad growth”, as in the opposite of growth.
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