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单词 dystrophy
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dystrophy

/ˈdɪstrəfi /
noun [mass noun] Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
A disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away: myotonic dystrophy [count noun]: macular dystrophies damage the central portion of the retina...
  • Fuchs' dystrophy is an inherited disease that affects the cornea - the transparent front surface of your eye.
  • The key breakthroughs in the mitochondrial disorders and Duchenne dystrophy had all been made by the early '90s, and yet a decade later, no effective treatments have yet emerged.
  • Muscular dystrophies are genetic disorders, usually progressive, which can lead to profound paralysis.
See also muscular dystrophy.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin dystrophia, from Greek dus- 'bad' + -trophia 'nourishment'.

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