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Muscular dystrophy Moderate

Muscular dystrophy has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

2

A group of genetic diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.

See Also
myotonic dystrophy skeletal genetic dystrophin becker muscular dystrophy calpainopathy musculodystrophy myodystrophy
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
genetic disease
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Becker muscular dystrophy distal muscular dystrophy Duchenne's muscular dystrophy limb-girdle muscular dystrophy myotonic muscular dystrophy oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Rhyming Words
sophy hyphy dunphy trophy brophy furphy graphy ralphy prophy oomphy morphy osophy adelphy atrophy rrhaphy ecosophy mcmurphy geosophy algraphy eutrophy
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