dystrophy

dystrophy

English

WOTD – 24 February 2011

Alternative forms

• dystrophia

Etymology

dys- +‎ -trophy

Noun

dystrophy (plural dystrophies)

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

Derived terms

• dystrophic
• muscular 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 f Greek: δυστροφία (el) f (dystrofía)

Irish: diostróife f Italian: distrofia (it) f Japanese: ジストロフィー (jisutorofī) Polish: dystrofia f Portuguese: distrofia f Russian: дистрофи́я (ru) f (distrofíja) Spanish: distrofia f Swedish: dystrofi c Vietnamese: sự loạn đường