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noun
A group of genetic diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dystrophy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease, hereditary condition
Narrower terms: Becker muscular dystrophy, distal muscular dystrophy, Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, pseudohypertrophic dystrophy, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, myotonic muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, myotonia atrophica, Steinert's disease, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
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