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Definition of Myotonic muscular dystrophy
1. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Myotonia Atrophica, Myotonic Dystrophy, Steinert's Disease
Generic synonyms: Dystrophy, Muscular Dystrophy
Generic synonyms: Dystrophy, Muscular Dystrophy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
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