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dystrophy vs myotonic dystrophy

myotonic dystrophy vs dystrophy

dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dystrophy Yes No No No
myotonic dystrophy Yes No No No
As nouns, myotonic dystrophy is a hyponym of dystrophy; that is, myotonic dystrophy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dystrophy:
  • dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
  • myotonic dystrophy: 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
dystrophy (noun) myotonic dystrophy (noun)
any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition 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
any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
Difference between dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy

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