Dystrophy
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- muscular dystrophy
- plural
- Dystrophies
- possessive
- Dystrophy's
- pluralpossessive
- Dystrophies'