myotonic_muscular_dystrophy | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine,genetics) a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by facial weakness and drooping eyelids and difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips | |
Synonyms: | Steinert's_disease myotonic_dystrophy myotonia_atrophica | |
Related terms: | muscular_dystrophy | |