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■ 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'.
[ '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'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004