Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Ken·ne·dy's disease Pronunciation:
'ken-&d-Ez- Variant:
also Ken·ne·dy disease /-&d-E-/ Function:
noun : a progressive muscular and neurological disorder that is characterized especially by muscular weakness and atrophy and by neural degeneration, that is inherited as anX-linked recessive trait, and that chiefly affects adult males called also
spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy Kennedy, William Robert (b 1927), Americanneurologist. Kennedy enjoyed a long association with the University of Minnesota's medical center in Minneapolis, rising to rank of professor of neurology. His major area of research was neuromusculardisorders. The neuromuscular disorder that bears his name was described in an article published in 1980 that he coauthored with M. Alter and J. H. Sung.
