pseudohypertrophic dystrophy

pseudohypertrophic dystrophy
noun
the most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)
Hypernyms: ↑muscular dystrophy, ↑dystrophy

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