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muscular dystrophy
noun
medical : a serious disease that causes increasing weakness of muscles
Full Definition of MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
: any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles — compare Becker muscular dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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First Known Use of MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
1886
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muscular dystrophy
noun
Medical Definition of MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
: any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles—called also progressive muscular dystrophy; see becker muscular dystrophy, duchenne muscular dystrophy
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