dystrophic

dystrophic
/di strof"ik, -stroh"fik/, adj.
1. Med. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
2. Ecol. (of a lake) having too low an accumulation of dissolved nutrients to support abundant plant life; having highly acid, brownish waters filled with undecayed plant materials, and eventually developing into a peat bog or marsh.
[1890-95; DYS- + TROPHIC]

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