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Myotonic dystrophy
A chronic, slowly progressing, inherited multisystemic disease, characterized by muscular dystrophy, cataracts, heart conduction defects, endocrine changes, and myotonia.
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A chronic, slowly progressing, inherited multisystemic disease, characterized by muscular dystrophy, cataracts, heart conduction defects, endocrine changes, and myotonia.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| muscular dystrophynoun | (pathology) A group of genetic diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue. |
| dystrophia myotonicanoun | myotonic dystrophy |
| myotonia congenitanoun | A congenital neuromuscular channelopathy that affects the skeletal muscles. |
| myodystrophynoun | muscular dystrophy |
| myotonia atrophicanoun | myotonic dystrophy |
| myodystonianoun | (pathology) Any general disorder of muscular tone |
| myotonianoun | A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation. |
| myotilinopathynoun | (pathology) Any disease associated with the protein myotilin |
| myocardiodystrophynoun | A kind of noninflammatory heart disease that affects the myocardium. |
| acromyotonianoun | (pathology) myotonia of the limbs |
| white muscle diseasenoun | Nutritional muscular dystrophy |
| myopathogenesisnoun | The development of myopathy. |
| thomsen diseasenoun | autosomal-dominant myotonia congenita |
| myodegenerationnoun | muscle degeneration |
| myopathologynoun | (pathology) disease of muscle tissue |
| musculodystrophynoun | (medicine) Muscular dystrophy. |
| dystrophinopathynoun | (pathology) A recessive form of muscular dystrophy |
| myopathynoun | (medicine) Any of several diseases of muscle that are not caused by nerve disorders |
| spinal muscular atrophynoun | A neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. |
| pseudomyotonianoun | (pathology) An abnormally slow contraction and relaxation of muscles in response to mechanical or electrical stimulation but, unlike myotonia, it is silent on electromyography. |
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