1. (noun) any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

• muscular dystrophy

1. (noun) any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

• becker muscular dystrophy
• distal muscular dystrophy
• duchenne's muscular dystrophy
• pseudohypertrophic dystrophy
• limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
• myotonia atrophica
• myotonic dystrophy
• myotonic muscular dystrophy
• steinert's disease
• oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

2. (noun) any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition

• osteodystrophy

1. (noun) any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

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

2. (noun) any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition

• degenerative disorder