Duchenne muscular dystrophy
/duːˈʃen/(缩略词： DMD)
noun
mass noun
- a severe form of muscular dystrophy caused by a genetic defect and usually affecting boys迪歇恩肌营养不良, 假肥大型肌营养不良。
词源
late 19th cent.: named after G. B. A. Duchenne （1806- 75）, the French neurologist who first described it.