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oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ocu-lopha-ryn-geal -mus-cu-lar dys-tro-phy
IPA
59
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
9
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat; progresses slowly with swallowing problems common as the disease progresses; inheritance is autosomal dominant

Questions

What does oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy mean?
a form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat; progresses slowly with swallowing problems common as the disease progresses; inheritance is autosomal dominant

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