See Also: dystrophia(medicine)
dystrophia(dictionary)
Dystrophia adiposogenitalis(medicine)
dystrophia brevicollis(medicine)
dystrophia myotonica(medicine)
dystrophia unguium(medicine)
dystrophia ungulae(medicine)

dystrophia (iou)



dystrophia noun. L19.
[from Greek dus- DYS- + -trophia nourishment.]
Medicine. Impaired nourishment of a bodily part; any unexplained abnormality of tissue. Cf. DYSTROPHY.
dystrophia myotonica a form of dominantly inherited muscular dystrophy accompanied by myotonia.