dystrophy
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Sense 1 noun
any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
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Sense 2 noun
any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | genetic disease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Becker muscular dystrophy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distal muscular dystrophy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Duchenne's muscular dystrophy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | limb-girdle muscular dystrophy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | myotonic muscular dystrophy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | degenerative disorder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | osteodystrophy |