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noun
A wasting of body tissues, of either genetic origin or due to inadequate or defective nutrition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: degenerative disorder
Narrower terms: osteodystrophy
noun
any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: muscular dystrophy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease, hereditary condition
Narrower terms: Becker muscular dystrophy, distal muscular dystrophy, Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, pseudohypertrophic dystrophy, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, myotonic muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, myotonia atrophica, Steinert's disease, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
History
From dys- + -trophy, literally “bad growth”, as in the opposite of growth.
Across languages
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