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单词 dystrophic
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dystrophic

[ dih-strof-ik, -stroh-fik ]
/ dɪˈstrɒf ɪk, -ˈstroʊ fɪk /

adjective

Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
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 of dystrophic

First recorded in 1890–95; dys- + trophic

Words nearby dystrophic

dystonia, dystonia musculorum deformans, dystonic reaction, dystopia, dystrophia unguium, dystrophic, dystrophication, dystrophic calcification, dystrophin, dystrophoneurosis, dystrophy
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Example sentences from the Web for dystrophic

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

    Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress|Various

Scientific definitions for dystrophic

dystrophic
[ dĭ-strŏfĭk, -strōfĭk ]

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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