myotonic dystrophy
n.
A chronic, slowly progressing, inherited disease that usually manifests its first symptoms when individuals reach their 30s, characterized by a wasting of the muscles, failing vision, opacity of the lens of the eyes, ptosis, slurred speech, and general muscular weakness.
myotonia atrophica Steinert's disease
Words nearby myotonic dystrophy
myotome,
myotomy,
myotonia,
myotonia atrophica,
myotonia congenita,
myotonic dystrophy,
myotonoid,
myotonus,
myotony,
myotrophy,
myotube