Steinert's disease

Steinert's disease
noun
a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck; difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips; the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow; inheritance is autosomal dominant
Hypernyms: ↑muscular dystrophy, ↑dystrophy

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Steinert's disease — Stei·nert s disease stī nərts n MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY Stei·nert shtī nərt Hans Gustav Wilhelm (1875 1911) German physician. Steinert published his description of myotonic dystrophy in 1909. In that same year the disease was described independently… …   Medical dictionary

  • Steinert disease — Stei·nert disease (shtiґnərt) [Hans Steinert, German physician, early 20th century] myotonic dystrophy; see under dystrophy …   Medical dictionary

  • Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …   Medical dictionary

  • Steinert — Hans, German physician, *1875. See S. disease …   Medical dictionary

  • enfermedad de Steinert — Eng. Steinert s disease Síndrome en el que se asocia amiotrofia, atrofia muscular, cataratas, alopecia frontal y diversas insuficiencias endocrinas …   Diccionario de oftalmología

  • Steinert disease — myotonic dystrophy …   Medical dictionary

  • Myotonic dystrophy — An inherited disease in which the muscles contract but have decreasing power to relax this phenomenon is termed myotonia (irritability and prolonged contraction of muscles). The disease also leads to a mask like expressionless face, premature… …   Medical dictionary

  • Myotonic dystrophy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G71.1 OMIM 160900 602668 …   Wikipedia

  • muscular dystrophy — noun any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑dystrophy • Hypernyms: ↑genetic disease, ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mexiletine — Systematic (IUPAC) name (RS) 1 (2,6 dimethylphenoxy)propan 2 amine OR 2 (2 aminopropoxy) 1,3 dimethylbenzene Clinical data AHFS/ …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”