Definition of "dystrophic" []

• 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. (adjective)

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• "When it deposits in dead tissue, it is called dystrophic calcium"
• "When it deposits in dead tissue, it is called dystrophic calcium (like atherosclerotic plaques)."
• "Like most of you, until now I've done little to aid our dystrophic economy."