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English noun: Becker muscular dystrophy

1. Becker muscular dystrophy (state) a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood and progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles; characterized by generalized weakness and muscle wasting that affects limb and trunk muscles first; similar to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy but less severe; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)


Broader (hypernym)dystrophy, muscular dystrophy









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