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Synonyms
Etymology
1. dystrophy
noun. ['ˈdɪstrəfi'] any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition.
Synonyms
Etymology
- -trophy (English)
- τροφή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
- dys- (English)
Rhymes with Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy
2. dystrophy
noun. ['ˈdɪstrəfi'] any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles.
Synonyms
- genetic abnormality
- genetic disease
- Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
- genetic defect
- muscular dystrophy
- inherited disorder
- Steinert's disease
- congenital disease
- inherited disease
- pseudohypertrophic dystrophy
- hereditary condition
- hereditary disease
- myotonic muscular dystrophy
- limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
- Becker muscular dystrophy
- myotonia atrophica
- genetic disorder
- myotonic dystrophy
- oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Etymology
- -trophy (English)
- τροφή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
- dys- (English)
3. muscular
adjective. ['ˈmʌskjəlɝ'] having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer.