dystrophic
/dɪsˈtrɒfɪk/adjective
1
- Medicine affected by or relating to dystrophy, especially muscular dystrophy【医】患营养不良的, 患营养障碍的; 营养不良的, 营养障碍的; 营养不良引起的。
2
- Ecology (of a lake) having brown acidic water that is low in oxygen and supports little life, owing to high levels of dissolved humus【生态】(湖)贫营养的(由于水中含腐殖质量太高, 含氧量低, 导致水中生物少)。比较EUTROPHIC和OLIGOTROPHIC.
词源
late 19th cent.: from Greek dus- 'bad' + -trophia 'nourishment' + -IC.