DUCHENNE'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Duchenne's muscular dystrophy mean? 

• DUCHENNE'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (noun)
  The noun DUCHENNE'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY has 1 sense:

1. the most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)

  Familiarity information: DUCHENNE'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUCHENNE'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Duchenne's muscular dystrophy; pseudohypertrophic dystrophy

Hypernyms ("Duchenne's muscular dystrophy" is a kind of...):

dystrophy; muscular dystrophy (any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles)