Definition of "nemaline" [nem•a•line]

• Having the form of threads; fibrous. (adjective)

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• "The two girls both died before they were five from the rare form of muscular dystrophy called nemaline myopathy."
• "Utility of fetal muscle biopsy for diagnosis of nemaline myopathy."
• "My sister (who has nemaline myopathy, another flavor of MD) has faced her own mortality and, at 17, is unbearably stable and steady."