DYSTROPHY


Meaning of DYSTROPHY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdis-trə-fē ]

noun

( plural -phies )

Etymology: New Latin dystrophia, from dys- + -trophia -trophy

Date: 1901

1. : a condition produced by faulty nutrition

2. : any myogenic atrophy ; especially : muscular dystrophy

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