myotonic muscular dystrophy (n)
myotonic dystrophy (n)
myotonia atrophica (n)
Steinert's disease (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 26
def a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck
def difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips
def the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow
def inheritance is autosomal dominant
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Hypernym muscular dystrophy, dystrophy
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Hyponym muscular dystrophy, dystrophy

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