OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy mean? 

• OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (noun)
  The noun OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (noun)

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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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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)