Dystrophy

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-plasia and -trophy
Anaplasia (structural differentiation loss within a cell or group of cells) Aplasia (organ or part of organ missing) Hypoplasia (congenital below-average number of cells, especially when inadequate) Hyperplasia (proliferation of cells) Neoplasia (abnormal proliferation) Dysplasia (change in cell or tissue phenotype) Metaplasia (conversion in cell type) Prosoplasia (development of new cell function) Desmoplasia (connective tissue growth)
Atrophy (reduced functionality of an organ, with decrease in the number or volume of cells) Hypertrophy (increase in the volume of cells) Hypotrophy (decrease in the volume of cells) Dystrophy (any degenerative disorder resulting from improper or faulty nutrition)

Dystrophy is the degeneration of tissue, due to disease or malnutrition, most likely due to heredity.

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