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
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: chemotaxis: movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: sundowner: a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: national institute of justice: the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: 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
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: michaelmas: honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: gallantry: polite attentiveness to women
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: haemosporidia: an order in the subclass Telosporidia
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: oblique angle: an angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: gymnadeniopsis: genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in genus Habenaria
Broader: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Unrelated: comedown: decline to a lower status or level