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dystrophic

dystrophic

9.2
Having weak growth in body parts, especially muscles
  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈtroʊfɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : distrófico
  • Further reports suggest correlations between cognitive dysfunction and dystrophic neurites and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT).

Examples

  • The researchers studied the effects of a new treatment on the dystrophic tissues in affected patients.

  • Hide the dystrophic arm, swollen arm, painful arm.

  • So we have this problem of dystrophic or misplaced calcification.

  • Children with dystrophic growth patterns often require specialized medical intervention to improve their health.

  • In the laboratory, scientists observed changes in the structure of dystrophic muscle cells under a microscope.

Synonyms

degenerative
vsdystrophic
  • Specialized
24 7.8

A disease that gets worse over time as parts of the body lose function

highlights impaired growth or nutrition instead of slow progressive decline
dysplastic
vsdystrophic
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Showing cells or parts of the body growing in a not normal way that can lead to disease

relates to impaired growth often involving poor nutrition
atrophied
vsdystrophic
1 7.7

A part of the body that becomes smaller and weaker from illness, injury or lack of use

refers to impaired growth or nutrition rather than shrinking from disuse or injury
atrophic
vsdystrophic
  • Specialized
9.6

Having a body part that is much thinner and weaker because it has lost tissue or muscle

focuses on impaired growth or poor nutrition rather than simple shrinkage

Antonyms

healthy
695 1.0

In good body and mind condition without sickness or injury

Surface Forms

dystrophic positive

Morphology

dystrophic = dystrophy (transparent) = dys + troph + ic

Standard adjectival formation from the noun 'dystrophy' (impaired nutrition/growth) to mean 'relating to or affected by dystrophy'.

Etymology

Dystrophic comes from Greek parts dys- meaning 'bad' and -trophic from trophe meaning 'nourishment', the same idea you see in atrophy. So a dystrophic tissue or organ shows poor growth or damage because it is not getting enough 'nourishment'.