limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

Definitions of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

1. noun

   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
   type of:

   dystrophy, muscular dystrophy

   any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

   autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease

   a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome