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• Becker muscular dystrophy (noun)
  1. carried by females but affecting only males a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood and progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles; characterized by generalized weakness and muscle wasting that affects limb and trunk muscles first; similar to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy but less severe; inheritance is X-linked recessive
• Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (noun)
  1. carried by females but affecting only males the most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive
• Muscular Dystrophy Association, the
  1. a US CHARITY organization that helps people who have MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
• distal muscular dystrophy (noun)
  1. a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs; inheritance is autosomal dominant
• limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (noun)
  1. an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age; characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle; usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications in the later stages
• muscular contraction (noun)
  1. especially of a muscle or muscle fibre physiology a shortening or tensing of a part or organ
• muscular dystrophy (noun)
  1. a serious illness in which the muscles become weaker over a period of time
• muscular structure (noun)
  1. the muscular system of an organism
• muscular tissue (noun)
  1. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
• muscular tonus (noun)
  1. normal tonicity of the muscles
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