dystrophy

English

WOTD – 24 February 2011

Alternative forms

dystrophia

Etymology

dys- +‎ -trophy

Noun

dystrophy (plural dystrophies)

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

Derived terms

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

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