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muscular dystrophy
noun(muscular dystrophy)
any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles
muscular dystrophy
noun(muscular dystrophy)
a less severe form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy marked by later onset and slower progression of the disease
muscular dystrophy
noun(muscular dystrophy)
a severe progressive X-linked muscular dystrophy of males marked by early childhood onset and absence of the protein dystrophin —called also Duchenne's muscular dystrophy

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