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OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy" is a kind of...):
dystrophy; muscular dystrophy (any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles)
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