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Dystrophy

//ˈdɪstɹəfi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A wasting of body tissues, of either genetic origin or due to inadequate or defective nutrition. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition wordnet
  3. 3
    any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles wordnet

Etymology

From dys- + -trophy, literally “bad growth”, as in the opposite of growth.

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