| limb-girdle muscular dystrophy |
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
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| limb |
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow" the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant" arm: any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
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| limbic |
of or relating to or forming a limbus
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| limbic system |
a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior
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| limbus |
a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure
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