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Noun(1) any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles(2) any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition

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(1) Soft tissue dystrophy continues, and the skin is cool, ischemic, dry, thin, and shiny.(2) There, in the camp, he almost died of hunger, developed dystrophy and pellagra, and almost lost his central vision.(3) The key breakthroughs in the mitochondrial disorders and Duchenne dystrophy had all been made by the early '90s, and yet a decade later, no effective treatments have yet emerged.(4) myotonic dystrophy(5) Fuchs' dystrophy is an inherited disease that affects the cornea - the transparent front surface of your eye.(6) Muscular dystrophies are genetic disorders, usually progressive, which can lead to profound paralysis.(7) In addition, diseases resulting in impaired contraction of striated muscle, such as myasthenia gravis or myotonic dystrophies , may demonstrate similar abnormalities.(8) There are some people who have corneal dystrophies such as Fuchs who also have macular degeneration, and they can benefit from transplantation when the cornea becomes cloudy.
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(1) muscular dystrophy
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1. muscular dystrophy


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