DUCHENNE’S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the most common form of muscular dystrophy
   • inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)
   Synonym(s)
   • pseudohypertrophic dystrophy (what does pseudohypertrophic dystrophy mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • muscular dystrophy (what does muscular dystrophy mean?)
   • dystrophy (what does dystrophy mean?)