dystrophic

[ dih-strof-ik, -stroh-fik ]

/ dɪˈstrɒf ɪk, -ˈstroʊ fɪk /

adjective

Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.

Ecology. (of a lake) having too low an accumulation of dissolved nutrients to support abundant plant life; having highly acid, brownish waters filled with undecayed plant materials, and eventually developing into a peat bog or marsh.

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Origin of dystrophic

First recorded in 1890–95; dys- + trophic

Words nearby dystrophic

dystonia, dystonia musculorum deformans, dystonic reaction, dystopia, dystrophia unguium, dystrophic, dystrophic calcification, dystrophication, dystrophin, dystrophoneurosis, dystrophy

Example sentences from the Web for dystrophic

The number, and above all the variety of the types of dystrophic backwardness, makes a general classification of them impossible.
Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress|Various

Scientific definitions for dystrophic

dystrophic

[ dĭ-strŏf′ĭk, -strō′fĭk ]

Having brownish acidic waters, a high concentration of humic matter, and a small plant population. Used of a lake, pond, or stream. Compare eutrophic oligotrophic.