muscular dystrophy

noun

A group of genetic diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.

Similar
dystrophy
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Meanings

nounmuscular dystrophy (countable and uncountable, plural muscular dystrophies)

plural muscular dystrophies

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA group of genetic diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

Similar
dystrophy
Broader
genetic diseasegenetic disordergenetic abnormality
Also see
dystrophy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 肌肉萎縮症 /肌肉萎缩症
  • 肌肉萎縮症 /肌肉萎缩症 (jīròu wěisuōzhèng)muscular dystrophy
Danish muskelsvind
  • muskelsvindmuscular dystrophy
Finnish lihasdystrofia, lihasrappeuma
  • lihasdystrofiamuscular dystrophy
  • lihasrappeumamuscular dystrophy
French dystrophie musculaire
  • dystrophie musculairemuscular dystrophy
German Muskeldystrophie
  • Muskeldystrophiemuscular dystrophy
Irish diostróife mhatánach
  • diostróife mhatánachmuscular dystrophy
Italian distrofia muscolare
  • distrofia muscolaremuscular dystrophy
Japanese 筋ジストロフィー
  • 筋ジストロフィー (kin jisutorofī)muscular dystrophy
Latin dystrophia musculorum progressiva
  • dystrophia musculorum progressivamuscular dystrophy
Māori mate horokiwa
  • mate horokiwamuscular dystrophy
Persian دیستروفی ماهیچهای, دیستروفی عضلانی
  • دیستروفی ماهیچهایmuscular dystrophy
  • دیستروفی عضلانیmuscular dystrophy
Polish dystrofie mięśniowe
  • dystrofie mięśniowemuscular dystrophy
Portuguese distrofia muscular
  • distrofia muscularmuscular dystrophy
Russian мы́шечная дистрофи́я
  • мы́шечная дистрофи́я (mýšečnaja distrofíja)muscular dystrophy
Spanish distrofia muscular
  • distrofia muscularmuscular dystrophy
Swedish muskeldystrofi
  • muskeldystrofimuscular dystrophy
Ukrainian м'я́зова́ дистрофі́я
  • м'я́зова́ дистрофі́я (mʺjázová dystrofíja)muscular dystrophy
Cite this entry
APA

muscular dystrophy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscular%20dystrophy

MLA

“muscular dystrophy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscular%20dystrophy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muscular dystrophy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscular%20dystrophy.

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