Hyphenation of dystrophy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word dystrophy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

dy-s-tro-phy

Definitions of dystrophy:

1.	Any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
2.	Any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition

Synonyms of dystrophy:

noun	muscular dystrophy, genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease, hereditary condition
noun	degenerative disorder

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