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    becker muscular dystrophy

    becker muscular dystrophy - Dictionary definition and meaning for word becker muscular dystrophy

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    (noun) a form of muscular dystrophy that sets 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)

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