Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Du·chenne muscular dystrophy
noun \dü-ˈshen-, də-\Definition of DUCHENNE 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 — compare becker muscular dystrophy
Origin of DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Guillaume Armand Duchenne †1875 French neurologist
First Known Use: 1971
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