MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
   
   Synonym(s)
   • dystrophy (what does dystrophy mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) muscular dystrophy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • genetic disease (what does genetic disease mean?)
   • genetic disorder (what does genetic disorder mean?)
   • genetic abnormality (what does genetic abnormality mean?)
   • genetic defect (what does genetic defect mean?)
   • congenital disease (what does congenital disease mean?)
   • inherited disease (what does inherited disease mean?)
   • inherited disorder (what does inherited disorder mean?)
   • hereditary disease (what does hereditary disease mean?)
   • hereditary condition (what does hereditary condition mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • Becker muscular dystrophy (what does Becker muscular dystrophy mean?)
   • distal muscular dystrophy (what does distal muscular dystrophy mean?)
   • Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy (what does Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy mean?)
   • pseudohypertrophic dystrophy (what does pseudohypertrophic dystrophy mean?)
   • limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (what does limb-girdle muscular dystrophy mean?)
   • myotonic muscular dystrophy (what does myotonic muscular dystrophy mean?)
   • myotonic dystrophy (what does myotonic dystrophy mean?)
   • myotonia atrophica (what does myotonia atrophica mean?)
   • Steinert’s disease (what does Steinert’s disease mean?)
   • oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (what does oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy mean?)