myotonic dystrophy

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myotonic dystrophy Definition

• (n) 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 c

myotonic dystrophy Synonyms

• myotonia atrophica
• myotonic dystrophy
• myotonic muscular dystrophy
• Steinert's disease