Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 11 compound words that contain dystrophy. The most common are listed below. Open dystrophy in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- muscular dystrophyA group of genetic diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.
- corneal dystrophyA group of genetic diseases which cause overgrowth and malformation of the cornea.
- Becker muscular dystrophybenign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy: an X-linked recessive inherited dystrophinopathy characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis
- reflex sympathetic dystrophyA disorder with intense burning pain, type 1 of the two types of complex regional pain syndrome.
- twenty-nail dystrophyTrachonychia affecting all twenty of the fingernails and toenails.
- myotonic dystrophyA chronic, slowly progressing, inherited multisystemic disease, characterized by muscular dystrophy, cataracts, heart conduction defects, endocrine changes, and myotonia.
- Duchenne muscular dystrophyA severe type of muscular dystrophy predominantly affecting boys.
- epithelial dystrophySynonym of corneal dystrophy: A group of genetic diseases which cause overgrowth and malformation of the cornea.
Compound words 11
- lipodystrophyA disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
- leukodystrophyAny of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- onychodystrophyDystrophic changes in nails, such as deformations, malformations or discolourations.
- algodystrophySynonym of reflex sympathetic dystrophy: A disorder with intense burning pain, type 1 of the two types of complex regional pain syndrome.
- chondrodystrophyA skeletal disorder caused by various genetic mutations, affecting the development of cartilage.
- hemidystrophyDystrophy of one side of the body.
- myodystrophymuscular dystrophy
- polydystrophyDystrophy comprising multiple types (multiple dystrophies), as for example in pseudo-Hurler polydystrophy.
- trichodystrophyThe defective growth or development of the hair.
- osteodystrophyAny abnormal or defective development of a bone