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dystrophic

dystrophic adjective: affected with dystrophy.

Adjective

dystrophic (comparative more dystrophic, superlative most dystrophic)

  1. Affected with dystrophy
  2. (lake &c) Having brownish acidic waters due to humus

Forms of dystrophic

comparativemore dystrophic
superlativemost dystrophic

Origin of dystrophic

From dystrophy + -ic.

Words formed from dystrophic

Questions about dystrophic

What does dystrophic mean?
Dystrophic means affected with dystrophy.
What part of speech is dystrophic?
Dystrophic is an adjective.

Words near dystrophic in the dictionary

  1. dystropept
  2. dystropepts
  3. dystrophia
  4. dystrophia myotonica
  5. dystrophias
  6. dystrophic
  7. dystrophic calcification
  8. dystrophically
  9. dystrophication
  10. dystrophications
  11. dystrophies

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