distal muscular dystrophy
- n a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs; inheritance is autosomal dominant
distance
- n the property created by the space between two objects or points
- n a distant region
I could see it in the distance - n size of the gap between two places
the distance from New York to Chicago - n indifference by personal withdrawal
emotional distance - n the interval between two times
the distance from birth to death - n a remote point in time
if that happens it will be at some distance in the future
at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details - v keep at a distance
we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living - v go far ahead of
He outdistanced the other runners
distance vision
- n vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer