limb-girdle muscular dystrophy(n = noun.state) - 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;
is a kind of dystrophy, muscular dystrophy, autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease

becker muscular dystrophy, distal muscular dystrophy, duchenne's muscular dystrophy, dystrophy, muscular, muscular contraction, muscular dystrophy, muscular structure, muscular tissue, muscular tonus, myotonic dystrophy, myotonic muscular dystrophy, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, pseudohypertrophic dystrophy