/dis"treuh fee/ , n.
1. Med. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
2. Pathol. any of a number of disorders characterized by weakening, degeneration, or abnormal development of muscle.
3. Ecol. the state of being dystrophic.
Also, dystrophia /di stroh"fee euh/ .
[ 1885-90; dystrophia. See DYS-, -TROPHY ]