n, pl  -phies  1  :  a condition produced by faulty nutrition <waters with a high fluorine content are responsible for the dental known as mottled enamel -Lancet>   2  :  any myogenic atrophy : esp  :  MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY .
 
 
 
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