| NOUN | state | oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy | a form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat |
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| 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. | |
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| Broader | muscular dystrophy, dystrophy | Any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles |
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