Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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muscular dystrophy | Yes | No | No | No |
Becker muscular dystrophy | Yes | No | No | No |
muscular dystrophy (noun) | Becker muscular dystrophy (noun) |
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any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | 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) |