dystrophy Definition

a condition produced by faulty nutrition

any myogenic atrophy; especially : muscular dystrophy

a less severe form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy marked by later onset and slower progression of the disease

a severe progressive X-linked muscular dystrophy of males marked by early childhood onset and absence of the protein dystrophin —called also Duchenne's muscular dystrophy

any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles

a muscular disorder that is characterized by dystrophic muscle weakness and myotonia affecting multiple bodily systems and that is caused by an abnormally high number of repeats of a codon in the genetic material

a painful disorder that usually follows a localized injury, that is marked by burning pain, swelling, and motor and sensory disturbances especially of an extremity, and that is often considered a type of complex regional pain syndrome in which peripheral nerve injury has not been identified —abbreviation RSD