Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun limb-girdle_muscular_dystrophy

1 sense of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

Sense 1
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy -- (an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age; characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle; usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications in the later stages)
       => muscular dystrophy, dystrophy -- (any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles)
       => autosomal recessive disease, autosomal recessive defect -- (a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome)