dystrophic

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

adjective

1. Medicine/Medical.,  pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.

2. 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.

dystrophic

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

2. Compare eutrophic oligotrophic

Word History and Origins

Origin of dystrophic¹

First recorded in 1890–95; dys- + trophic

Example Sentences

The teen was born with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic condition that causes blisters all over his body and in his eyes.

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The 14-year-old has Dystrophic Recessive Epidermolysis Bullosa, a genetic condition causing the skin to tear or blister at the slightest touch.

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In a small study published this week in Nature Medicine, a team used the gel, which contains a modified herpesvirus carrying a gene for the protein collagen VII, to treat nine people with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

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Researchers then saw an increase in swollen, injured axons, known as dystrophic neurites, caused by damage from amyloid.

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The form of the condition that Lucy lives with is recessive dystrophic EB, where the symptoms range from mild to severe.

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