muscular dystrophy

noun

: any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles compare becker muscular dystrophy, duchenne muscular dystrophy

Examples of muscular dystrophy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dee Dee alleged to have made Blanchard appear to have a range of physical and development ailments, including leukemia, asthma and muscular dystrophy in order to gain disability payments and gifts from charity. —Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024

Steen suffered from Duchenne’s disease, a form of muscular dystrophy that gets progressively worse over time. —Cameron Koch, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024

These treatments take aim at sickle cell anemia, one type of muscular dystrophy, and several other illnesses. —Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 24 Oct. 2024

The likelihood that efficacious treatments will be developed to help patients with unmet needs, such as people living with Alzheimer’s or muscular dystrophy, is severely compromised as a result. —Wayne Winegarden, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

muscular dystrophy

noun

muscular dys·​tro·​phy

-ˈdis-trə-fē

: an inherited disease characterized by increasing weakness of muscles

Medical Definition

muscular dystrophy

noun

: any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles

called also progressive muscular dystrophy

see becker muscular dystrophy, duchenne muscular dystrophy