LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does limb-girdle muscular dystrophy mean? 

• LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (noun)
  The noun LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY has 1 sense:

1. an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age; characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle; usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications in the later stages

  Familiarity information: LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age; characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle; usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications in the later stages

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("limb-girdle muscular dystrophy" is a kind of...):

dystrophy; muscular dystrophy (any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles)

autosomal recessive defect; autosomal recessive disease (a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome)

 Context examples 

Examples include Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Becker's muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

(Muscular Dystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1E.

(DNAJB6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)