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steinert's disease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stein-ert's dis-ease
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
8
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 muscular dystrophy myotonic dystrophy myotonia atrophica

Questions

What does steinert's disease 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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