dystrophy

English

WOTD – 24 February 2011

Alternative forms

• dystrophia

Etymology

dys- +‎ -trophy, literally “bad growth”, as in the opposite of growth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪstɹəfi/

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Noun

dystrophy (countable and uncountable, plural dystrophies)

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

Derived terms

• algodystrophy
• corneal dystrophy
• dystrophic
• hemidystrophy
• muscular dystrophy
• myotonic dystrophy
• reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• twenty-nail dystrophy

 

Translations

dystrophy

• Arabic: ضُمُور m (ḍumūr)
• Catalan: distròfia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萎縮症／萎缩症 (wěisuōzhèng)

• Estonian: düstroofia
• Finnish: dystrofia (fi), rappeutuminen, surkastuminen, rappeuma, surkastuma (fi)
• French: dystrophie (fr) f
• German: Dystrophie (de) f
• Greek: δυστροφία (el) f (dystrofía)
• Irish: diostróife f
• Italian: distrofia (it) f
• Japanese: ジストロフィー (jisutorofī)
• Polish: dystrofia (pl) f
• Portuguese: distrofia f
• Russian: дистрофи́я (ru) f (distrofíja)
• Slovak: dystrofia f
• Spanish: distrofia f
• Swedish: dystrofi (sv) c
• Vietnamese: sự loạn đường