A chronic, slowly progressing, inherited multisystemic disease, characterized by muscular dystrophy, cataracts, heart conduction defects, endocrine changes, and myotonia.

(pathology) An umbrella term covering pain and dysfunction of the muscles of mastication (the muscles that move the jaw) and the temporomandibular joints (the joints which connect the mandible to the skull).

trachonychia affecting all twenty of the fingernails and toenails

benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy: an X-linked recessive inherited dystrophinopathy characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis

An electric dynamometer having two coils arranged so that one carries the primary current, and the other the secondary current, of a transformer.

A dyeing technique that uses a mordant to produce multicolored yarn.

(figuratively) An attempt to delay a worse consequence from occurring.

(law, idiomatic) Instructions given by the judge to a jury that has failed to reach a verdict, in the hope that they can do so after further deliberation.

plural of dyability

Alternative form of dyeability