dystrophy
营养不良症,营养不良,萎缩症,营养障碍症
Definitions
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- : 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.