MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

Meaning of MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY in English

■ noun a hereditary condition marked by progressive weakening and wasting of the muscles.

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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — noun Date: 1886 any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Английский словарь Британика
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — noun : a hereditary disease characterized by progressive wasting of muscles
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — Pathol. a hereditary disease characterized by gradual wasting of the muscles with replacement by scar tissue and fat, sometimes also …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — Date: 1886 : any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles — compare Becker muscular …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — Function: noun Date: 1886 : any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles ― compare …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — [muscular dystrophy] n (1886): any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles
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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Britannica English vocabulary
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — / ˌmʌskjələ ˈdɪstrəfi; NAmE -lər/ noun [ U ] a medical condition that some people are born with in which …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — muscular dys ‧ tro ‧ phy /ˌmʌskjələ ˈdɪstrəfi, ˌmʌskjʊlə ˈdɪstrəfi $ -lər-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] a serious illness in …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — Muscular dystrophy is a serious disease in which your muscles gradually weaken. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — Muscular dystrophy is a serious disease in which your muscles gradually weaken. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Absence of the carboxy terminus of dystrophin is associated with severe phenotypes in most muscular …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — (медицина) дистрофия, атрофия мышц
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — мед. дистрофия, атрофия мышц
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — мед. дистрофия, атрофия мышц
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — мед. дистрофия, атрофия мышц
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — мышечная дистрофия
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — (медицина) дистрофия, атрофия мышц
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUSCULAR — adj muscular (as in muscular energy)
Interlingua English vocab
MUSCULAR — sa muskulo
English-Visayan vocabulary
MUSCULAR — adjective Date: 1678 1. of, relating to, or constituting muscle, of, relating to, or performed by the muscles, having well-developed …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DYSTROPHY — noun (plural -phies) Etymology: New Latin dystrophia, from dys- + -trophia -trophy Date: 1901 a condition produced by faulty nutrition, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MUSCULAR — ˈməskyələ(r) adjective Etymology: muscul- + -ar 1. a. : constituting or consisting of muscle muscular fiber muscular tissue b. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DYSTROPHY — ˈdistrəfē, -fi noun also dys·tro·phia də̇ˈstrōfēə ( plural dystrophies also dystrophias ) Etymology: New Latin dystrophia, from dys- + -trophia …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUSCULAR — (a.) Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body or arm.
Английский словарь Webster
MUSCULAR — (a.) Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or …
Английский словарь Webster
MUSCULAR — ( a. ) Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUSCULAR — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUSCULAR — — muscularity , n. — muscularly , adv. /mus"kyeuh leuhr/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to muscle or the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DYSTROPHY — /dis"treuh fee/ , n. 1. Med. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development. 2. Pathol. any of a number of disorders …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DYSTROPHY — n. disorder caused by poor nutrition; condition characterized by muscular degeneration (i.e. muscular dystrophy)
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MUSCULAR — adjective Date: 1678 1. a. : of, relating to, or constituting muscle b. : of, relating to, or performed by …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DYSTROPHY — noun ( plural -phies ) Etymology: New Latin dystrophia, from dys- + -trophia -trophy Date: 1901 1. : a condition …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUSCULAR — adj performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles. 2. muscular ·adj of or pertaining to a muscle, …
Webster English vocab
DYSTROPHY — [ 'dɪstrəfi ] ■ noun Medicine a disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away. See …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DYSTROPHY — [dys.tro.phy] n, pl -phies [NL dystrophia, fr. dys- + -trophia -trophy] (1901) 1: a condition produced by faulty nutrition 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUSCULAR — muscular BrE AmE ˈmʌsk jʊl ə -jəl- AmE \ -jəl ə r ▷ muscular|ly li ▶ ˌ muscular ˈ dystrophy …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DYSTROPHY — dystrophy BrE AmE ˈdɪs trəf i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MUSCULAR — / ˈmʌskjələ(r); NAmE / adjective 1. connected with the muscles : muscular tension / power / tissue 2. (also informal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DYSTROPHY — ➡ muscular dystrophy •• WORD ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from modern Latin dystrophia , from Greek dus- bad + -trophia …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSCULAR — mus ‧ cu ‧ lar /ˈmʌskjələ, ˈmʌskjʊlə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . having large strong muscles: She was …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DYSTROPHY — dys ‧ tro ‧ phy /ˈdɪstrəfi/ BrE AmE [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: dys- 'bad' (from Greek ) + Greek …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUSCULAR — adj. 1 of or affecting the muscles. 2 having well-developed muscles. ømuscular Christianity a Christian life of cheerful physical activity …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DYSTROPHY — n. defective nutrition. ømuscular dystrophy a hereditary progressive weakening and wasting of the muscles. øødystrophic adj. [mod.L dystrophia formed as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUSCULAR — adj. 1 of or affecting the muscles. 2 having well-developed muscles. muscular Christianity a Christian life of cheerful physical activity …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DYSTROPHY — n. defective nutrition. muscular dystrophy a hereditary progressive weakening and wasting of the muscles. dystrophic adj. [ mod.L dystrophia formed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MUSCULAR — adj.1 of or affecting the muscles. 2 having well-developed muscles. Phrases and idioms: muscular Christianity a Christian life of cheerful …
Oxford English vocab
DYSTROPHY — n. defective nutrition. Phrases and idioms: muscular dystrophy a hereditary progressive weakening and wasting of the muscles. Derivatives: dystrophic adj. …
Oxford English vocab
MUSCULAR — 1. Muscular means involving or affecting your muscles. As a general rule, all muscular effort is enhanced by breathing in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DYSTROPHY — see muscular dystrophy
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSCULAR — 1. Muscular means involving or affecting your muscles. As a general rule, all ~ effort is enhanced by breathing in …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DYSTROPHY — see muscular ~
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MUSCULAR — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES muscular build ▪ These exercises will help you achieve a strong muscular build. muscular dystrophy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DYSTROPHY — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES muscular dystrophy
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUSCULAR — [adjective]The pains women have during labour are due to the muscular (= muscle)contractions connected with giving birth.Muscular also means having …
Cambridge English vocab
MUSCULAR — adj. Function: adjective 1 marked by good well-developed musculature FF1C; his arms were lean but muscular FF1E; Synonyms: fibrous, ropy, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MUSCULAR — adjective 1. marked by good well-developed musculature his arms were lean but muscular Synonyms: fibrous, ropy, sinewy, stringy, wiry Related …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUSCULAR — adj. Muscular is used with these nouns: ↑ ache , ↑ arm , ↑ back , ↑ body , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MUSCULAR — adj. 25B6; adjective muscular tissue : FIBROUS, sinewy. he's very muscular : STRONG, brawny, muscly, sinewy, powerfully built, well muscled, …
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MUSCULAR — adj. sinewy, brawny, burly, powerful, powerfully built, strapping, rugged, husky, robust, athletic, sturdy, well-muscled, broad-shouldered We all envied Nick's muscular …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MUSCULAR — Having to do with the muscles. Also, endowed with above average muscle development. Muscular system refers to all of the …
English Dictionary of Medicine
DYSTROPHY — progressive tissue changes. Several dystrophic diseases (e.g., muscular dystrophy) are characterized by muscle wasting and dysfunction.
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