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Quote:
Originally Posted by coachV
we have a neighbor who's a retired professor of medicine and i asked him about this.....is it a disease or a condition or a syndrome......his answer?..."actually, it's a dystrophy".
well, that sure clears things up for me!
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And dystrophy is...
dystrophy
noun
1. any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles [syn: muscular dystrophy]
2. any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition
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