dystrophy
/ˈdɪstrəfɪ/noun
mass noun
- Medicine & Veterinary Medicine a disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away【医, 兽医】营养不良; 营养障碍。参见MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.
词源
late 19th cent.: from modern Latin dystrophia, from Greek dus- 'bad' + -trophia 'nourishment'.