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dystrophy

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This is what 23andMe said about that person's genome:"Has two mutations linked to limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

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Quick take

any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

Meaning at a glance

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noun

any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

noun

any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dystrophy.

noun

any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

noun

any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition

Example sentences

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This is what 23andMe said about that person's genome:"Has two mutations linked to limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

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A person with two of these mutations typically has limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

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This reminds me of a blog post in German [1] by a person who due to a software bug had been falsely diagnosed by 23andMe with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

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Their main page currently features a project that allowed a 19 year-old guitarist with muscular dystrophy play the guitar again.

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So, firemen raising money for muscular dystrophy research during the time when they have not been called to put out a fire actually annoys you?There may be a word for this.

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BrainGate used severely paralyzed adults from "spinal-cord injury, stroke, or muscular dystrophy".

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It's quite good with jargon that sounds [to the layman] plausibly medicalcyphroglodystrophy cyphroglodys·tro·phy a form of muscular dystrophy of muscle, caused by compression of an amyloid cytochrome "children with cyphroglodystrophy have unusually low blood pressure"

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use dystrophy in a sentence?

This is what 23andMe said about that person's genome:"Has two mutations linked to limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

What does dystrophy mean?

any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

What part of speech is dystrophy?

dystrophy is commonly used as noun.