Steinert's disease
- noun
- /ˈstaɪnərts dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de Steinert
- Speech difficulties and facial muscle wasting are common features of Steinert's disease.
Examples
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Symptoms of Steinert's disease often begin in adolescence or early adulthood but can vary widely in severity.
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The patient's progressive muscle weakness and stiff hands led doctors to diagnose him with Steinert's disease.
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Many people with Steinert's disease experience muscle weakness.
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Is Steinert's disease common in your family?
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Patients with Steinert's disease often experience progressive muscle weakness, particularly in their face and neck.
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The symptoms of Steinert's disease usually begin at birth and may worsen into middle age.
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Individuals diagnosed with Steinert's disease may struggle with hand strength and mobility over time.
Synonyms
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An inherited disease causing slow muscle weakness, loss, and trouble relaxing muscles, often in the face and hands
A genetic disease causing slow muscle weakness and trouble relaxing muscles, often in face and hands
A rare inherited muscle condition that causes slow loss of strength and muscle stiffness
Surface Forms
Morphology
Steinert's + disease
A B1 learner who knows 'disease' will infer that this is a named medical condition, but 'Steinert's' is an eponym/proper name with no lexical meaning, so the specific sense (an inherited form of muscular dystrophy with particular symptoms) cannot be derived from the parts. Eponymous disease names are cross-linguistically common and signal a disease class but require prior exposure to learn the precise clinical meaning.
Etymology
Steinert's disease is named after Dr. Steinert, the doctor who first described this condition. So the name now means 'an inherited muscle disease' that makes muscles, especially in the face, hands, and feet, become weak and shrink over time.