- Tooth disease (atrophy)
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th) [Howard Henry Tooth, English physician, 1856–1925] Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
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Tooth disease (atrophy)
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (atrophy) — Char·cot Ma·rie Tooth disease (atrophy) (shahr koґ mah reґ t thґ) [J.M. Charcot; P. Marie; Howard Henry Tooth, English physician, 1856–1925] see under disease … Medical dictionary
Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease — Charcot Marie Tooth disease Classification and external resources The foot of a person with Charcot Marie Tooth. The lack of muscle, a high arch, and claw toes are signs of the genetic disease. ICD 10 … Wikipedia
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease — A neuromuscular disease, the most common inherited disorder of peripheral nerves, characterized by progressively debilitating weakness. The disease is also called peroneal muscular atrophy and hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy. The foremost … Medical dictionary
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease — Infobox Disease Name = Charcot Marie Tooth disease Caption = The foot of a person with Charcot Marie Tooth. The lack of muscle, a high arch, and hammer toes are signs of the genetic disease. DiseasesDB = 5815 DiseasesDB mult= DiseasesDB2|2343… … Wikipedia
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease — ▪ pathology also called peroneal muscular atrophy a group of inherited nerve diseases (nervous system disease) characterized by slowly progressive weakness and wasting of the muscles of the lower parts of the extremities. In Charcot Marie … Universalium
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease — peroneal muscular atrophy a group of inherited diseases of the peripheral nerves, also known as hereditary sensorimotor neuropathy, causing a gradually progressive weakness and wasting of the muscles of the legs and the lower part of the thighs.… … The new mediacal dictionary
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease — muscular atrophy … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease — noun 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;… … Useful english dictionary
atrophy — atrophic /euh trof ik, euh troh fik/, adj. /a treuh fee/, n., v., atrophied, atrophying. n. 1. Also, atrophia /euh troh fee euh/. Pathol. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage. 2.… … Universalium
Atrophy — Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscle, decrease in muscle mass. A nerve can also show atrophy. For example, atrophy of the optic nerve diminishes vision. * * * A wasting of tissues, organs, or the entire body, as from… … Medical dictionary
