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muscular dystrophy
noun
: any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles compare becker muscular dystrophy, duchenne muscular dystrophy
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The company will also expand into specific orthopedic conditions or disease states like muscular dystrophy, Magargee says.
—Erin Brodwin, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Mattie was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy called dysautonomic mitochondrial myopathy — the same illness that had killed his three older siblings, and one that required him to live his life in a wheelchair attached to a number of medical machines.
—Elissa Rosen, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Here’s his story… At the age of 2, I was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, a form of muscular dystrophy.
—Cory Lee and Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2025
The intervening years have not been without hardship for Jeni, who has an adult onset of the same rare form of muscular dystrophy, and was diagnosed in 2015 with a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
—Elissa Rosen, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1886, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of muscular dystrophy was
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“Muscular dystrophy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muscular%20dystrophy. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
muscular dystrophy
noun
muscular dys·tro·phy
-ˈdis-trə-fē
: an inherited disease characterized by increasing weakness of muscles
Medical Definition
muscular dystrophy
noun
: any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles
called also progressive muscular dystrophy
see becker muscular dystrophy, duchenne muscular dystrophyMore from Merriam-Webster on muscular dystrophy
Nglish: Translation of muscular dystrophy for Spanish Speakers
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about muscular dystrophy
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