HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy mean? 

• HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHY (noun)
  The noun HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHY used as a noun is very rare.

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• HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHY (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Synonyms:

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease; hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy

Hypernyms ("hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy" is a kind of...):

neuropathy (any pathology of the peripheral nerves)