Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Medicine Of, relating to, or afflicted with dystrophy.
- adjective Ecology Having brownish acidic waters, a high concentration of humic matter, and a small plant population. Used of a lake or pond.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a perversion of nutrition.
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- adjective Affected with
dystrophy
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Examples
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When it deposits in dead tissue, it is called dystrophic calcium (like atherosclerotic plaques).
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When it deposits in dead tissue, it is called dystrophic calcium
WN.com - Articles related to Gov't advised not to sell oil power plants yet 2010
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When it deposits in dead tissue, it is called dystrophic calcium
WN.com - Articles related to Gov't advised not to sell oil power plants yet 2010
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When it deposits in dead tissue, it is called dystrophic calcium (like atherosclerotic plaques).
WN.com - Articles related to Gov't advised not to sell oil power plants yet 2010
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Skinner and his geezer posse drink beer and brandy and eat fish and chips, and they discuss bong technology and Carl Jung and a future that seems vaguely dystrophic.
Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009
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Like most of you, until now I've done little to aid our dystrophic economy.
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Skinner and his geezer posse drink beer and brandy and eat fish and chips, and they discuss bong technology and Carl Jung and a future that seems vaguely dystrophic.
Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009
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Skinner and his geezer posse drink beer and brandy and eat fish and chips, and they discuss bong technology and Carl Jung and a future that seems vaguely dystrophic.
Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009
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All those roses, perfect, dystrophic, garish, or whathaveyou, will all end up in a sad pile at the edge of the plate.
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Once injected from an outside source, the mesoangioblasts act like firemen, using the body's quickest route -- the bloodstream -- to seek out inflamed dystrophic tissues and "cure" the muscular fibers from within.
Periscope 2007
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