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

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 — "muscular dystrophy"

Substantiv
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)
distal muscular dystrophy = a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs; inheritance is autosomal dominant
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
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy = a form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat; progresses slowly with swallowing problems common as the disease progresses; inheritance is autosomal dominant
Siehe auch: limb-girdle muscular dystrophy