fiddleneck: hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers
scorpionweed: any plant of the genus Phacelia
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy: 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