VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / distal muscular dystrophy

Thesaurus: distal muscular dystrophy

a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs; inheritance is autosomal dominant

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

agedefinitionautosomaldefinitioncharacterizeddefinitiondominantdefinitiondystrophydefinitionforearmsdefinitionformdefinitionhandsdefinitioninheritancedefinitionlegsdefinitionlowerdefinitionmusclesdefinitionmusculardefinitionsetsdefinitionwastingdefinitionweaknessdefinitionyearsdefinitiondistadfamilydistafffamilydistaffsfamilydistainfamilydistainedfamilydistainingfamilydistalfamilyDistalgesicsfamilydistallyfamilydistancefamilyDistance Snobfamily

Definitions

  1. n. a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs; inheritance is autosomal dominant