distal muscular dystrophy

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   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

   Broadermuscular dystrophy

Questions about distal muscular dystrophy

What does distal muscular dystrophy mean?

distal muscular dystrophy means "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".

Is distal muscular dystrophy a common word?

distal muscular dystrophy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.