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muscular dystrophy Any of a group of hereditary disorders in which the characteristic feature is progressive weakening and atrophy of the muscles. The commonest type, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, affects boys, usually before the age of four. Muscle fibres degenerate, to be replaced by fatty tissue.

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