myotonic dystrophy

Myotonic dystrophy


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. 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 (context:state)

myotonic dystrophy

mystify

Mystify


– definition :

  • (verb)
    1. make mysterious (context:change)
    2. be a mystery or bewildering to (context:cognition)


– Sample : “mystify”

  • Got me–I don’t know the answer!
  • This beats me!
  • This question really stuck me
  • a vexing problem
  • mystify the story
mystify

myopic

Myopic


– definition :

  • (adjective)
    1. lacking foresight or scope (context:all)
    2. unable to see distant objects clearly (context:all)


– Sample : “myopic”

  • a short view of the problem
  • myopic thinking
  • shortsighted critics derided the plan
  • shortsighted policies
myopic

myriapoda

Myriapoda


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes (context:animal)

myriapoda

mythicize

Mythicize


– definition :

  • (verb)
    1. make into a myth (context:change)
    2. interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology (context:cognition)


– Sample : “mythicize”

  • The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66
  • mythicize the ancient stories
mythicize