oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

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   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

   Broadermuscular dystrophy

Questions about oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

What does oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy mean?

oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy means "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".

Is oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy a common word?

oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.