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dystrophy

/dis-truh-fee/US // ˈdɪs trə fi //UK // (ˈdɪstrəfɪ) //

营养不良症,营养不良,萎缩症,营养障碍症

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
    • : Pathology. any of a number of disorders characterized by weakening, degeneration, or abnormal development of muscle.
    • : Ecology. the state of being dystrophic.

Examples

  • We may soon see cures for rare diseases like sickle cell disease, muscular dystrophy, and progeria, a rare and progressive genetic disorder that causes children to age rapidly.

  • One door down in Unit 702, Ana Ortiz, her husband, Frankie Kleiman, and her son Luis Bermudez, who had muscular dystrophy, were making plans to attend a funeral Thursday for a family friend who died of covid-19, according to the Associated Press.

  • The doctors recorded “maceration, pale skin, and swelling in the feet,” and diagnosed him with “dystrophy from prolonged malnutrition.”

  • Turns out, the drug may help sufferers of a rare and deadly form of muscular dystrophy.

  • For instance, Leah, whose daughter has a rare form of muscular dystrophy, is upset that her ex is getting married.

  • A dreadful disease, possibly muscular dystrophy, had shriveled his legs.

  • Born in Queens, Rona Barrett was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when she was 9.

  • Progressive muscular dystrophy is also hereditary and incurable.

  • The denominations "myoclonus," "muscular dystrophy," "degenerate," are alike inconvenient.