oculopharyngeal_muscular_dystrophy.n.01

'oculopharyngeal_muscular_dystrophy.n.01'

[oculopharyngeal_muscular_dystrophy.n.01] as in: 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