dystrophy vs oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy vs dystrophy

dystrophy and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dystrophy	Yes	No	No	No
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a hyponym of dystrophy; that is, oculopharyngeal muscular 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
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: a form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat; progresses slowly with swallowing problems common as the disease progresses; inheritance is autosomal dominant

Other hyponyms of dystrophy include Becker muscular dystrophy, distal muscular dystrophy, Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, pseudohypertrophic dystrophy, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, myotonia atrophica, myotonic dystrophy, myotonic muscular dystrophy, Steinert's disease.

dystrophy (noun)	oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (noun)
any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition	a form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat; progresses slowly with swallowing problems common as the disease progresses; 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 oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

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