Search Result for "charcot-marie-tooth disease":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant;
[syn: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease n 1: a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant [syn: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy]