Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun charcot-marie-tooth_disease

1 sense of charcot-marie-tooth disease

Sense 1
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy -- (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)
       => neuropathy -- (any pathology of the peripheral nerves)