duchenne

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Definition of duchenne in English English dictionary

Related Terms

Duchenne smile

A smile involving contraction of both the zygomatic major muscle (which raises the corners of the mouth) and the orbicularis oculi (which raises the cheeks and forms crow's feet around the eyes)

duchenne's muscular dystrophy

the most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)

Turkish pronunciation

duşen

Pronunciation

/do͞oˈsʜen/ /duːˈʃɛn/

Etymology

[ dü-'shen, d&- ] (adjective.) circa 1882. Guillaume Armand Duchenne died 1875 French neurologist.