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Dystrophy

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myotonic	Of or pertaining to myotonia.
bucklersnoun	A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.
wastingnoun	Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
deteriorationnoun	The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
decaynoun	(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
debilitationnoun	The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
atrophynoun	(intransitive) To wither or waste away.
degenerationnoun	(uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
enfeeblementnoun	The act of enfeebling; debilitation, enervation or devitalization
breakdownnoun	(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
dilapidationnoun	The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
devolutionnoun	(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
weakeningnoun	An instance or process of loss of strength.
emaciationnoun	The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
impairmentnoun	A disability or handicap.
degeneracynoun	The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
declinenoun	The act of declining or refusing something.
collapsenoun	(intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
witheringnoun	Diminishing rapidly.
attritionnoun	A gradual reduction in number.