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"dystrophy" auf Englisch — Englisch-Englisch Wörterbuch | Werfen Sie einen Blick auf "dystrophy" auf Englisch

dystrophy

Substantiv
  1. any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition

muscular dystrophy
dystrophy

Substantiv
  1. any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
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Weitere Redewendungen — "dystrophy"

Substantiv
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy , pseudohypertrophic dystrophy = the most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)
myotonic muscular dystrophy , myotonic dystrophy , myotonia atrophica , Steinert's disease = a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck; difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips; the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow; inheritance is autosomal dominant
Becker muscular dystrophy = a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood and progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles; characterized by generalized weakness and muscle wasting that affects limb and trunk muscles first; similar to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy but less severe; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)
Siehe auch: distal muscular dystrophy • oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy • limb-girdle muscular dystrophy