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LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age; characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle; usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications in the later stages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("limb-girdle 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)
autosomal recessive defect; autosomal recessive disease (a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome)
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