dystrophy

Other forms of dystrophy

plural

dystrophies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dystrophy

What does dystrophy mean?

dystrophy means "any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dystrophy?

dystrophy has 3 syllables: dys-tro-phy. The stress falls on "dys". In IPA it is /ˈdɪstɹəfi/.

What is another word for dystrophy?

Close synonyms include muscular dystrophy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dystrophy a common word?

dystrophy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.