- muscular dys·tro·phy
- /-ˈdıstrəfi/ noun [noncount]medical : a serious disease that causes increasing weakness of muscles
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muscular dys·tro·phy
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Muscular Dystrophy Association — Muscular Dys|tro|phy As|so|ci|a|tion, the the MDA a US ↑charity organization that helps people who have ↑muscular dystrophy … Dictionary of contemporary English
muscular dystrophy — muscular dys|tro|phy [ˌmʌskjulə ˈdıstrəfi US lər ] n [U] a serious illness in which the muscles become weaker over a period of time … Dictionary of contemporary English
dystrophy — dys|tro|phy [ˈdıstrəfi] →↑muscular dystrophy … Dictionary of contemporary English
dystrophy — dys|tro|phy [ dıstrəfi ] noun uncount MEDICAL a condition in which a part of your body gradually becomes weaker => MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dystrophy — Progressive changes that may result from defective nutrition of a tissue or organ. SYN: dystrophia. [dys + G. trophe, nourishment] adiposogenital d. a disorder characterized primarily by obesity and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism … Medical dictionary
chondrodystrophy — A disturbance in the development of the cartilage primordia of the long bones, especially the region of the epiphysial plates, resulting in arrested growth of the long bones and dwarfism in which the extremities are abnormally short, but the head … Medical dictionary
Lipodystrophy — A disorder of adipose (fatty) tissue characterized by a selective loss of body fat. Patients with lipodystrophy have a tendency to develop insulin resistance, diabetes, a high triglyceride level (hypertriglyceridemia), and fatty liver. There are… … Medical dictionary
myodystrophy — myo·dys·tro·phy (mi″o disґtrə fe) 1. muscular dystrophy. 2. myotonic dystrophy … Medical dictionary
