dystrophy

dys tro phy |ˈdistrəfē ˈdɪstrəfi | ▶noun 1 Medicine & Veterinary Medicine a disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away. See also muscular dystrophy. 2 Medicine impaired nourishment of a bodily part. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from modern Latin dystrophia, from Greek dus- ‘bad ’ + -trophia ‘nourishment. ’

dystrophy

dystrophy |ˈdɪstrəfi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Medicine & Veterinary Medicine a disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away. See also muscular dystrophy. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from modern Latin dystrophia, from Greek dus- ‘bad ’ + -trophia ‘nourishment ’.

dystrophy

dys tro phy -phi a /dɪ́strəfi //dɪstróʊfiə /名詞 U 〘医 〙異栄養 (症 ); 発育異常, (筋 )萎縮 （いしゆく ）症 ▸ muscular dystrophy 筋ジストロフィー