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English noun: myotonic dystrophy

1. myotonic dystrophy (state) a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck; difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips; the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow; inheritance is autosomal dominant


Synonymsmyotonia atrophica, myotonic muscular dystrophy, Steinert's disease


Broader (hypernym)dystrophy, muscular dystrophy









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