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dys⋅tro⋅phy

  [dis-truh-fee]
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–noun
1. Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
2. Pathology. any of a number of disorders characterized by weakening, degeneration, or abnormal development of muscle.
3. Ecology. the state of being dystrophic.
Also, dys⋅tro⋅phi⋅a  [di-stroh-fee-uh] .

Origin:
1885–90; < NL dystrophia. See dys-, -trophy
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dys·tro·phi·a   (dĭ-strō'fē-ə)   
n.  Variant of dystrophy.
dys·tro·phy   (dĭs'trə-fē)   
n.  

  1. A degenerative disorder caused by inadequate or defective nutrition.

  2. Any of several disorders, especially muscular dystrophy, in which the muscles weaken and atrophy.

  3. Ecology The condition of being dystrophic.

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Word Origin & History

dystrophy 
"defective nutrition," from Mod.L. dystrophia, from Gk. dys- "hard, bad, ill" (see dys-) + trophe "nourishment."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dys·tro·phy
Pronunciation: 'dis-tr&-fE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -phies
1 : a conditionproduced by faulty nutrition dystrophy known as mottled enamel —Lancet>
2 : anymyogenic atrophy; especially : MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

dystrophy dys·tro·phy (dĭs'trə-fē) or dys·tro·phi·a (dĭ-strō'fē-ə)
n.

  1. A degenerative disorder caused by inadequate or defective nutrition.

  2. Any of several disorders, especially muscular dystrophy, in which the muscles weaken and atrophy.

dys·troph'ic (dĭ-strŏf'ĭk, -strō'fĭk) adj.

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