dystrophy
dystrophy — 名詞
- dystrophysingular
- dystrophiesplural
1. an illness that makes muscles or other parts of the body slowly lose strength an
萎縮；失養症
身體部位逐漸衰弱萎縮的疾病
an illness that makes muscles or other parts of the body slowly lose strength and shrink.
Doctors told Valentina that her son has a form of muscular dystrophy.
醫生告訴 Valentina，她的兒子患有一種肌肉萎縮症。
collocation: muscular dystrophy
Over the years, dystrophy weakened Ilan's legs until he could no longer walk far.
多年來，萎縮症使 Ilan 的雙腿越來越無力，最後無法走遠。
uncountable use: dystrophy weakened [body part]
Élise's eye doctor found retinal dystrophy, which slowly damages the back of the eye.
Élise 的眼科醫生發現她患有視網膜失養症，這會慢慢損傷眼睛後方。
collocation: retinal dystrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- retinal dystrophy
- myotonic dystrophy
用法筆記
Often combined with a word naming the affected tissue, as in muscular dystrophy and retinal dystrophy.
2. damage to the body caused by not getting the right food, or enough of it, over a
營養失調
因飲食不當造成的身體衰退
damage to the body caused by not getting the right food, or enough of it, over a long time.
Doctors blamed the boy's dystrophy on a diet with almost no protein.
醫生認為男孩的營養失調是因為飲食幾乎缺乏蛋白質。
pattern: blame dystrophy on [poor diet]
Without enough vitamins, the farm animals developed dystrophy and grew weak.
因為缺乏足夠的維生素，農場裡的動物出現營養失調而變得虛弱。
Dr. Amani studied how poor food in the camp caused dystrophy among children.
Amani 醫師研究營地裡糟糕的食物如何造成孩子營養失調。
cause: [poor food] caused dystrophy
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: the cause is a poor diet, not a disease of the body part itself.
同根字
- dystrophic形容詞