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BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

Definition:

1. [noun] a form of muscular dystrophy that set 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)
   Synonyms: Becker muscular dystrophy
   
   

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