What does myotonic dystrophy mean?
• MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY (noun) The noun MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY has 1 sense: 1. 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 Familiarity information: MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY used as a noun is very rare.
