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Myotonic dystrophy--the most common adult form of muscular dystrophy--is a chronic, progressive, and inherited neuromuscular condition presenting with multisystemic complications including distal muscle weakness, myotonia, hypersomnolence, early-onset cataracts, cardiac conduction abnormalities, and slurred speech and swallowing problems (Harper, 2001).
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2). Physiology. noting or pertaining to a solution containing the same salt concentration as mammalian blood. noting or pertaining to a muscular contraction in which constant tension continues while the length of the muscle decreases, as during mechanical work.