Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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muscular dystrophy | Yes | No | No | No |
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy | Yes | No | No | No |
muscular dystrophy (noun) | oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (noun) |
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any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | 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 |