dystrophy /disˈtrə-fi/ or dystrophia /-trōˈfi-ə/ (biology)

1. Impaired or imperfect nutrition
2. Any of several disorders in which there is wasting of muscle tissue, etc

dystrophic /-troˈfik/ adjective

(of a lake) over-acidic and lacking sufficient nutrients

dysˈtrophin noun

A protein essential to normal muscle function, found to be lacking in muscular dystrophy sufferers

muscular dystrophy see under muscle¹

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