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Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) + τροφή (trophḗ), dis- + -trofia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.stroˈfi.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: di‧stro‧fì‧a
Noun
distrofia f (plural distrofie)
- (pathology) dystrophy
Derived terms
Further reading
- distrofia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- distrofia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- distrofia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- distrofia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- distrofìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- distrofìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Portuguese
Etymology
From dis- + -trofia, from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: dis‧tro‧fi‧a
Noun
distrofia f (plural distrofias)
- (pathology) dystrophy
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French dystrophie, borrowed (1855) from Ancient Greek + French -ie, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) + τροφή (trophḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /disˈtɾofja/
- Rhymes: -ofja
- Syllabification: dis‧tro‧fia
Noun
distrofia f (plural distrofias)
- (pathology) dystrophy
Derived terms
Further reading