oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
- noun
- /ˌɑkjʊloʊˌfɛrɪnˈdʒiəl ˈmʌskjələr dɪsˈtrɔfi/
- Specialized
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distrofia muscular oculofaringea
- Doctors diagnosed him with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy after he experienced drooping eyelids and difficulty eating.
- oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD)
Examples
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Her father developed oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy in his fifties, first noticing issues with swallowing.
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Genetic counseling was recommended for families affected by oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.
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What is oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy?
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Don't forget that oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a rare condition!
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After noticing her father's drooping eyelids and swallowing difficulties, the family consulted a doctor who diagnosed him with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.
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Many patients with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy struggle with swallowing, which can impact their ability to eat normally.
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She learned that oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy often begins in adulthood, affecting the eyelids and throat muscles.
Surface Forms
Morphology
oculopharyngeal + muscular + dystrophy
The core 'muscular dystrophy' is fully compositional (a muscle-wasting disease), and 'oculopharyngeal' is analytically the medical compound meaning 'eye (oculo-) + throat (pharyngeal)', so the full sense (a dystrophy affecting eyelid and throat muscles) is derivable from parts. However, the modifier uses specialized Greek/Latin medical morphemes that are unlikely to be known to an average B1 learner, so the expression is only partially predictable from its constituents.
Etymology
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is named from word parts that point to the body: oculo means 'eye', pharyngeal means 'throat', and muscular dystrophy means 'weak muscles'. So the name shows it is a muscle disease that first affects the eyelids and the muscles used for swallowing.
