A wasting of body tissues, of either genetic origin or due to inadequate or defective nutrition.

plural of dystrophy

(pathology) A group of genetic diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.

A chronic, slowly progressing, inherited multisystemic disease, characterized by muscular dystrophy, cataracts, heart conduction defects, endocrine changes, and myotonia.

plural of muscular dystrophy

plural of myotonic dystrophy

trachonychia affecting all twenty of the fingernails and toenails

benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy: an X-linked recessive inherited dystrophinopathy characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis

(medicine) A disorder with intense burning pain, one of two types of complex regional pain syndrome.

Misspelling of dystrophinopathy.