muscular dystrophy

1. (noun) any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
Related Words: Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, Steinert's disease, congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic disease, genetic disorder, inherited disease, inherited disorder, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, myotonia atrophica, myotonic muscular dystrophy, pseudohypertrophic dystrophy



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