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myotonic dystrophy

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

Noun

myotonic dystrophy (countable and uncountable, plural myotonic dystrophies)

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

Synonyms of myotonic dystrophy

Forms of myotonic dystrophy

pluralmyotonic dystrophies

Questions about myotonic dystrophy

What does myotonic dystrophy mean?
Myotonic dystrophy means a chronic, slowly progressing, inherited multisystemic disease, characterized by muscular dystrophy, cataracts, heart conduction defects, endocrine changes, and myotonia.
What part of speech is myotonic dystrophy?
Myotonic dystrophy is a noun.
What is the plural of myotonic dystrophy?
The plural of myotonic dystrophy is myotonic dystrophies.

Words near myotonic dystrophy in the dictionary

  1. myotonia atrophica
  2. myotonia congenita
  3. myotonias
  4. myotonic
  5. myotonic dystrophies
  6. myotonic dystrophy
  7. myotonin
  8. myotonolysis
  9. myotonolytic
  10. myotonometer
  11. myotonometers

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