myotonic dystrophy

English

Noun

myotonic dystrophy (countable and uncountable, plural myotonic dystrophies)

  1. A chronic, slowly progressing, inherited multisystemic disease, characterized by muscular dystrophy, cataracts, heart conduction defects, endocrine changes, and myotonia.

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