DUCHENNE

Meaning of DUCHENNE in English

[Du.chenne] also Du.chenne's adj [Guillaume Armand Duchenne d. 1875 Fr. neurologist] (ca. 1882): relating to or being a severe form of muscular dystrophy of males that affects the muscles of the pelvic and shoulder girdles and the pectoral muscles first and is inherited as a sex-linked recessive trait

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DUCHENNE — düˈshen adjective also du·chenne's -nz Usage: usually capitalized : relating to or being Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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DUCHENNE — Duchenne BrE AmE du ˈʃen dju-
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DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — noun Etymology: Guillaume Armand Duchenne died 1875 French neurologist Date: 1971 a severe progressive X-linked muscular dystrophy of males with …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DUCHENNE'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — noun see: Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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DUCHENNE'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — noun see duchenne muscular dystrophy
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DUCHENNE'S — adjective see duchenne
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DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — noun also duchenne's muscular dystrophy Usage: usually capitalized 1st D Etymology: after Guillaume Armand Duchenne died 1875 French neurologist : …
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DUCHENNE'S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — see Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — noun Etymology: Guillaume Armand Duchenne died 1875 French neurologist Date: 1971 : a severe progressive X-linked muscular dystrophy of males …
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DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — [ du:'ʃɛn ] ■ noun a severe form of muscular dystrophy caused by a genetic defect and usually affecting boys. …
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DUCHENNE, GUILLAUME-BENJAMIN-AMAND — born Sept. 17, 1806, Boulogne, Fr. died Sept. 15, 1875, Paris French neurologist, who was first to describe several nervous …
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DYSTROPHIN — noun Etymology: dystrophy + 1-in Date: 1987 a protein that is associated with a transmembrane complex of skeletal muscle cells …
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BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — noun Etymology: Peter Emil Becker b1908 German geneticist Date: 1974 a less severe form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy marked by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — Inherited disease that causes progressive weakness in the skeletal (and occasionally heart) muscle. Muscle tissue degenerates and regenerates randomly and …
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CHARCOT, JEAN-MARTIN — born Nov. 29, 1825, Paris, Fr. died Aug. 16, 1893, Morvan French medical teacher and clinician. With Guillaume Duchenne (b. …
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DYSTROPHIN — ˈdistrəˌfin noun ( -s ) Etymology: dystroph y + -in : a protein of high molecular weight that is associated …
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BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — ˈbekər- noun or becker's muscular dystrophy -ərz- Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after Peter Emil Becker b 1908 German geneticist …
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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — Date: 1886 : any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles — compare Becker muscular …
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DYSTROPHIN — noun Etymology: dystrophy + -in (I) Date: 1987 : a protein that is associated with a transmembrane complex of skeletal …
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BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — noun Etymology: Peter Emil Becker b1908 German geneticist Date: 1974 : a less severe form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy marked …
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DMD — ■ abbreviation Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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MYOPATHY — any skeletal muscle disorder that originates within the muscle fibres and does not arise secondarily from disorders of the nervous …
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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — inherited disease that causes increasing weakness in muscle tissue. The muscles affected are the skeletal muscles and, occasionally, the muscles …
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HUMOUR — also spelled Humor (from Latin liquid, or fluid), in early Western physiological theory, one of the four fluids of the …
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HUMAN DISEASE — an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. Additional reading Lawrie …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: LIFE-SCIENCES — BOTANY The politics surrounding the genetic engineering of plants became rancorous in 1999. In many Western European countries, trials of …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: ENVIRONMENT — BOTANICAL GARDENS In 1995 emphasis was placed on developing networks among botanical gardens and organizations involved in the research and …
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CHARCOT, JEAN-MARTIN — born Nov. 29, 1825, Paris, Fr. died Aug. 16, 1893, Morvan founder (with Guillaume Duchenne) of modern neurology and one …
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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Absence of the carboxy terminus of dystrophin is associated with severe phenotypes in most 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 …
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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY — Inherited disease that causes progressive weakness in the skeletal (and occasionally heart) muscle. Muscle tissue degenerates and regenerates randomly and …
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