Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myotonic dystrophy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: my-oton-ic dys-tro-phy
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chronic, slowly progressing, inherited multisystemic disease, characterized by muscular dystrophy, cataracts, heart conduction defects, endocrine changes, and myotonia.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

myotonic dystrophies (plural)

Synonyms

dystrophia myotonica myotonia atrophica myotonic muscular dystrophy steinert's disease

Questions

What does myotonic dystrophy mean?: A chronic, slowly progressing, inherited multisystemic disease, characterized by muscular dystrophy, cataracts, heart conduction defects, endocrine changes, and myotonia.

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