OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY as NOUN

1. 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
   Hypernyms(s) oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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