[
US
/ˈdɪstɹəfi/
]
[ UK /dˈɪstɹəfi/ ]
[ UK /dˈɪstɹəfi/ ]
NOUN
- any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
- any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition
How To Use dystrophy In A Sentence
- Objective: To investigate the pulmonary function characteristics and rehabilitation strategy for Becker muscular dystrophy(BMD).
- The bill would add five lysosomol storage diseases to the newborn screening panel: Pompe disease or acid maltase deficiency; Krabbe disease or globoid cell leukodystrophy; Gaucher's disease; Niemann-Pick disease; and Fabry disease. Clovis News Journal : News
- Objective The clinical observation of treatment with acupuncture and herbs for muscular pseudohypertrophy and progressive myodystrophy.
- Athletes who do not have cerebral palsy but conditions such as muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and tetraplegia. Times, Sunday Times
- They have brought insights into conditions such as muscular dystrophy and cancer, and their contribution to medicine has been recognised with a Nobel prize. Times, Sunday Times
- The key breakthroughs in the mitochondrial disorders and Duchenne dystrophy had all been made by the early '90s, and yet a decade later, no effective treatments have yet emerged.
- The neurologist thought Tim was suffering from muscular dystrophy, but when a muscle biopsy came back it was clear that Tim had acid maltase deficiency, also known as Pompe disease. Greatfallstribune.com - Local News
- Examples of X-linked single gene disorders are: color blindness, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, and Hunter syndrome.
- Diseases like multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy or polio can leave people disabled.
- Also consider that individuals who have NO fat tissue (e.g. lipodystrophy) have extremely elevated metabolic risk factors, meanwhile others who can apparently indefinitely grow more fat mass (multiple symmetric lipomatosis - think ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science