NOUN
- any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
How To Use muscular dystrophy In A Sentence
- Objective: To investigate the pulmonary function characteristics and rehabilitation strategy for Becker muscular dystrophy(BMD).
- Athletes who do not have cerebral palsy but conditions such as muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and tetraplegia. Times, Sunday Times
- They have brought insights into conditions such as muscular dystrophy and cancer, and their contribution to medicine has been recognised with a Nobel prize. Times, Sunday Times
- The neurologist thought Tim was suffering from muscular dystrophy, but when a muscle biopsy came back it was clear that Tim had acid maltase deficiency, also known as Pompe disease. Greatfallstribune.com - Local News
- Examples of X-linked single gene disorders are: color blindness, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, and Hunter syndrome.
- Diseases like multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy or polio can leave people disabled.
- One of the drugs is already in late-stage human trials for other purposes, and the mouse experiments raise hopes for new strategies to protect people against obesity, diabetes and muscle-wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy. Too Good To Be True? Instead Of Exercise, Just Take This Pill | Disinformation
- Early results appear to show staggering progress on inherited conditions such as liver disease and muscular dystrophy. Times, Sunday Times
- A geneticist, he researched in the fields of muscular dystrophy and motor neurone disease. Times, Sunday Times
- Myotonic dystrophy, the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults, affects the eyes, heart, hormonal systems, and blood, in addition to causing muscular dystrophy and involuntary muscle stiffness (myotonia).
