charcot-marie-tooth disease

Noun charcot-marie-tooth disease has 1 sense

• charcot-marie-tooth disease(n = noun.state) 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;
is a kind of neuropathy