myotonic muscular dystrophy

/ˈmaɪəˌtɑnɪk ˌmʌskjələr ˌdɪstrəfi/

Definitions of myotonic muscular dystrophy

1. noun

   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 can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow; inheritance is autosomal dominant
   synonyms: Steinert's disease, myotonia atrophica, myotonic dystrophy

   type of:

   dystrophy, muscular dystrophy

   any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles