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English noun: myotonic muscular dystrophy | |||
| 1. | myotonic muscular 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 | ||
| Synonyms | myotonia atrophica, myotonic dystrophy, Steinert's disease | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dystrophy, muscular dystrophy | ||
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