Term: oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: 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
Candidate hypernym: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles → 1
Candidate hypernym: chemotaxis: movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus → 0
Candidate hypernym: sundowner: a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown → 0
Candidate hypernym: national institute of justice: the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice → 0
Candidate hypernym: captopril: a drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation; used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure → 0
Candidate hypernym: michaelmas: honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland → 0
Candidate hypernym: gallantry: polite attentiveness to women → 0
Candidate hypernym: haemosporidia: an order in the subclass Telosporidia → 0
Candidate hypernym: oblique angle: an angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle → 0
Candidate hypernym: gymnadeniopsis: genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in genus Habenaria → 0
Candidate hypernym: comedown: decline to a lower status or level → 0