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dys⋅troph⋅ic

  [di-strof-ik, -stroh-fik]
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–adjective
1. Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
2. Ecology. (of a lake) having too low an accumulation of dissolved nutrients to support abundant plant life; having highly acid, brownish waters filled with undecayed plant materials, and eventually developing into a peat bog or marsh.
Origin:
1890–95; dys- + trophic
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dys·troph·ic   (dĭ-strŏf'ĭk, -strō'fĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Medicine Of, relating to, or afflicted with dystrophy.

  2. Ecology Having brownish acidic waters, a high concentration of humic matter, and a small plant population. Used of a lake or pond.

dys'tro·phi·ca'tion (dĭs'trə-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dys·tro·phic
Pronunciation: dis-'trO-fik
Function: adjective
1 : relating to or caused by faulty nutrition
2 : relating to or affected with a dystrophy dystrophic patients>
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Science Dictionary
dystrophic   (dĭ-strŏf'ĭk, -strō'fĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
Having brownish acidic waters, a high concentration of humic matter, and a small plant population. Used of a lake, pond, or stream. Compare eutrophic, oligotrophic.
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