Dystrophy

Introduction: Dystrophy

Description of Dystrophy

Dystrophy: A degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or impaired nutrition. It may also refer to disorders such as muscular dystrophy where the muscles become weak and atrophied.

Dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles.
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Terms associated with Dystrophy:

Terms Similar to Dystrophy:

• muscular dystrophy

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More specific terms for Dystrophy:

• Becker muscular dystrophy
• distal muscular dystrophy
• Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
• pseudohypertrophic dystrophy
• limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
• myotonic muscular dystrophy
• myotonic dystrophy
• myotonia atrophica
• Steinert's disease
• oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

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Broader terms for Dystrophy

• genetic disease
• genetic disorder
• genetic abnormality
• genetic defect
• congenital disease
• inherited disease
• inherited disorder
• hereditary disease
• hereditary condition

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Dystrophy

The following list attempts to classify Dystrophy into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• congenital disease,genetic abnormality,genetic defect,genetic disease,genetic disorder,hereditary condition,hereditary disease,inherited disease,inherited disorder
• disease
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

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