DYSTROPHY


Meaning of DYSTROPHY in English

[ 'dɪstrəfi ]

■ noun Medicine a disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away. See also muscular ~ .

Origin

C19: from mod. L. dystrophia , from Gk dus- 'bad' + -trophia 'nourishment'.

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