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81spinal muscular atrophy — n any of several inherited disorders (as Kugelberg Welander disease) that are characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord resulting in muscular weakness and atrophy and that in some forms (as Werdnig Hoffmann disease)… …
82Aran-Duchenne muscular atrophy (disease) — Ar·an Du·chenne muscular atrophy (disease) (ah rahnґ du shenґ) [F.A. Aran; Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne, French neurologist, 1806–1875] spinal muscular atrophy; see under atrophy …
83Cruveilhier atrophy disease etc. — Cru·veil·hier atrophy, disease, etc. (kroo vāl yaґ) [Jean Cruveilhier, French pathologist, 1791–1874] see spinal muscular atrophy under atrophy; see articulatio atlanto occipitalis, tela subcutanea perinei, ligamenta palmaria… …
84Duchenne-Aran muscular atrophy (disease) — Du·chenne Aran muscular atrophy (disease) (du shenґ ah rahґ) [G.B.A. Duchenne; Franзois Amilcar Aran, French physician, 1817–1861] spinal muscular atrophy; see under atrophy …
85Progressive muscular atrophy — Progressive Pro*gress ive, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; opposed to {retrograde}. [1913 Webster] 2. Improving; as, art is… …
86Mental retardation with optic atrophy, deafness & seizures — A disorder first reported in 1999 by Gustavson and colleagues as a newly recognized X linked mental retardation syndrome. In the family they studied there were 7 male children in 2 generations with the syndrome. The affected males were… …
87Muscular atrophy, post-polio (PPMA) — Late muscle wasting that occurs as part of the post polio syndrome (PPS), a constellation of symptoms and signs that appear belatedly, from 20 to 40 years, after the initial polio infection and at least 10 years after what was once thought to be… …
88Post-polio muscular atrophy (PPMA) — Belated muscle wasting that occurs as part of the post polio syndrome (PPS), a constellation of symptoms and signs that appear late, from 20 to 40 years after the initial polio infection and at least 10 years after what was once thought to be the …
89PPMA (post-polio muscular atrophy) — Late muscle wasting that occurs as part of the post polio syndrome (PPS), a constellation of symptoms and signs that appear belatedly, from 20 to 40 years, after the initial polio infection and at least 10 years after what was once thought to be… …
90gyrate atrophy — n progressive degeneration of the choroid and pigment epithelium of the retina that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and is characterized esp. by myopia, constriction of the visual field, night blindness, and cataracts * * * a… …
