Duchenne muscular dystrophy
NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE WEAKNESS AND WASTING DUE TO DEGENERATION OF SKELETAL, SMOOTH AND CARDIAC MUSCLE
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy; Duchenne's muscular dystrophy; Muscular dystrophy - Duchenne type; Muscular dystrophy Duchenne type; Duchenne type muscular dystrophy; Muscular dystrophy, duchenne; Pseudohypertrophic dystrophy; Duchenne dystrophy; Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy; Duchenne's muscle dystrophy; Duchennes Muscular Distrophy; Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy; Dystrophin mutation; Gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dsytrophy; Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne
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¦ noun a severe form of muscular dystrophy caused by a genetic defect and usually affecting boys.
Origin
C19: named after the French neurologist G. B. A. Duchenne.