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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But he could be helped in the future if drugs to cure his form of muscular dystrophy make it through an initial round of human testing, according to his mother.
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But he could be helped in the future if drugs to cure his form of muscular dystrophy make it through an initial round of human testing, according to his mother.
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But punching a hole in muscular dystrophy might be one of the best benefits the technique could possibly provide.
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Floyd has muscular dystrophy and worked at an organization that advocates for people with disabilities, but had never been very political.
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Most Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar locations in Northeast Ohio (appleamerican.com) are helping the fight against muscular dystrophy once again, offering a deal patrons might find hard to refuse.
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In one example, a global crowdsourcing app, which encourages users to pin and grade places all over the world on their level of accessibility, was developed by a young woman in Toronto with muscular dystrophy.
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The manic, rubber-faced showman who rose to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons. Aug. 20.
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His telethons raised something like $2.6 billion to fight muscular dystrophy.
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First Known Use of muscular dystrophy
1886
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of muscular dystrophy for English Language Learners
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medical : a serious disease that causes increasing weakness of muscles
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muscular dystrophy
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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