dystrophy

/'distrəfi/

Thân thiện

A child with muscular dystrophy uses a walker to move across a bright therapy room.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A disorder caused by defective or inadequate nutrition: "dystrophy" refers to any degenerative condition that arises from improper nourishment or faulty metabolic processes.
   • A hereditary muscular disease: Specifically, "dystrophy" denotes any of several inherited disorders marked by progressive weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscles.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Muscular dystrophy is a group of genetic diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass.
  • Nutritional dystrophy can occur in populations suffering from prolonged famine.

Advanced Usage

• "Muscular dystrophy": A specific category of genetic disorders involving progressive muscle degeneration.

  • Research into gene therapy offers hope for treating certain types of muscular dystrophy.

• "Ocular dystrophy": A degenerative disorder affecting the tissues of the eye.

  • The patient was diagnosed with a rare form of corneal dystrophy.

Variants and Related Words

• Dystrophic (adj): Relating to or affected by dystrophy.
  • The lake's dystrophic condition was caused by an excess of organic matter.

Synonyms

• Degeneration: The process of declining or deteriorating in structure or function.
• Atrophy: The wasting away or decrease in size of a body part, typically due to disease or lack of use. (Note: "Atrophy" is a broader term that can be a symptom or result of dystrophy.)

Related Phrases and Terms

• Duchenne muscular dystrophy: The most common and severe form of muscular dystrophy.

  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy primarily affects boys and becomes apparent in early childhood.

• Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: A type of muscular dystrophy that initially weakens muscles in the face, shoulders, and upper arms.

  • Symptoms of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy often appear during adolescence.

Học thuật

Noun

1. any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition
2. any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

Từ đồng nghĩa

• muscular dystrophy