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dystrophic

[ dih-strof-ik, -stroh-fik ]

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.

dystrophic

/ dĭ-strŏf′ĭk,-strō′fĭk /

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dystrophic1

First recorded in 1890–95; dys- + trophic

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Example Sentences

The number, and above all the variety of the types of dystrophic backwardness, makes a general classification of them impossible.

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