| NOUN | state | Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, pseudohypertrophic dystrophy | the most common form of muscular dystrophy |
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| Meaning | The most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males). | |
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| Synonym | pseudohypertrophic dystrophy | |
| Broader | muscular dystrophy, dystrophy | Any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles |
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