MCARDLE'S DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does McArdle's disease mean? 

• MCARDLE'S DISEASE (noun)
  The noun MCARDLE'S DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. an inherited disease in which abnormal amounts of glycogen accumulate in skeletal muscle; results in weakness and cramping

  Familiarity information: MCARDLE'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MCARDLE'S DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inherited disease in which abnormal amounts of glycogen accumulate in skeletal muscle; results in weakness and cramping

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("McArdle's disease" is a kind of...):

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)