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noun
benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy: an X-linked recessive inherited dystrophinopathy characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
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 (carried by females but affecting only males)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: muscular dystrophy, dystrophy
History
Named after Peter Emil Becker, German doctor who published an article about it in 1955.
