Term: 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
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: late blight: blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: guinea fowl: a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: rat-tail file: a thin round file shaped like the tail of a rat
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: volleyball player: someone who plays the game of volleyball
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: golf stroke: the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: archdeaconry: the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: esperantido: an artificial language based on Esperanto and Ido
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: vowel: a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: action: the series of events that form a plot
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: isurus: mako sharks