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muscular_dystrophy
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[ noun ] (medicine,genetics) any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
Synonyms Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)The electric gadget is most helpful when there are many crowned teeth and in individuals who are elderly , bedfast with a chronic disease , or are handicapped by disorders such_as cerebral_palsy or muscular_dystrophy . (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)The clinical impression at this time was either muscular_dystrophy or polymyositis . |
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