dystrophy

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Etymology

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

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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.

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