单词 | dystrophic |
释义 | > as lemmasdystrophic dystrophic adj. Brit. /dɪˈstrɒfɪk/ , /dɪˈstrəʊfɪk/ , U.S. /dɪˈstrɑfɪk/ , /dɪˈstroʊfɪk/ (a) pertaining to or characterized by dystrophy; (b) Ecology, of a lake: having much dissolved organic matter. [Partly (in sense (a)) after scientific Latin dystrophicus (1816 or earlier); compare French dystrophique (1855 or earlier); partly (in sense (b)) after German dystroph (A. Thienemann Binnengewässer Mitteleuropas (1925) iv. 198, 201).] ΚΠ 1893 E. S. D'Odiardi Med. Electr. 54 The agents of demolition or elimination, called dystrophics or denutrients. 1893 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Nov. 998 The dystrophic view of sclerosis. 1931 R. N. Chapman Animal Ecol. xvi. 305 The dystrophic lake, or brown-water lake, is found among peat bogs. 1959 J. Clegg Freshwater Life Brit. Isles (ed. 2) ii. 38 The so-called Dystrophic lake..which is generally understood to be a lake with a bottom composed of peaty humus and very soft, acid water. 1967 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. II. xxii. 380 The water color involved in the separation of Thienemann's dystrophic type is ordinarily regarded as due to extractives from bog soils and peat. < as lemmas |
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