limb-girdle_muscular_dystrophy.n.01

'limb-girdle_muscular_dystrophy.n.01'

[limb-girdle_muscular_dystrophy.n.01] as in: 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