Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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dystrophy | Yes | No | No | No |
myotonic dystrophy | Yes | No | No | No |
dystrophy (noun) | myotonic dystrophy (noun) |
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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 |