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myotonic muscular dystrophy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
my-oton-ic -mus-cu-lar dys-tro-phy
IPA
48
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
8
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

myotonic dystrophy myotonia atrophica Steinert's disease

Questions

What does myotonic muscular dystrophy mean?
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

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