dystrophy

WOTD – 24 February 2011    

Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• dystrophia

Etymology

dys- + -trophy

Noun

dystrophy (plural dystrophies)

1. A wasting of body tissues, of genetic origin or due to inadequate or defective nutrition.

Derived terms

• dystrophic
• muscular dystrophy

Translations

dystrophy

• Arabic: ضمور (ar) (Dumuur) m
• Catalan: distròfia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萎縮症 (cmn), 萎缩症 (cmn) (wěisuōzhèng)

• Estonian: düstroofia (et)
• Finnish: dystrofia (fi), rappeutuminen (fi), surkastuminen (fi), rappeuma (fi), surkastuma (fi)
• French: dystrophie (fr) f
• German: Dystrophie (de) f
• Greek: δυστροφία (el) (dystrofía) f

• Irish: diostróife (ga) f
• Italian: distrofia (it) f
• Japanese: ジストロフィー (ja) (jisutorofī)
• Polish: dystrofia (pl) f
• Russian: дистрофия (ru) (distrofíja) f
• Spanish: distrofia (es) f
• Swedish: dystrofi (sv) c
• Vietnamese: sự loạn đường (vi)