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Charcot-Marie-Tooth

Charcot-Marie-Tooth adjective: describes any of various genetic disorders whose primary symptom is peripheral neuropathy.

Adjective

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (not comparable)

  1. Describes any of various genetic disorders whose primary symptom is peripheral neuropathy.
    • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder
    • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Noun

Charcot-Marie-Tooth

  1. Any of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorders.
    • Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A
    Synonyms:
    CMT

Synonyms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth

Origin of Charcot-Marie-Tooth

Named for Jean-Martin Charcot, Pierre Marie, and Howard Henry Tooth.

Questions about Charcot-Marie-Tooth

What does Charcot-Marie-Tooth mean?
Charcot-Marie-Tooth means describes any of various genetic disorders whose primary symptom is peripheral neuropathy.
What part of speech is Charcot-Marie-Tooth?
Charcot-Marie-Tooth can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Charcot-Marie-Tooth in the dictionary

  1. Charcot's intermittent fever
  2. Charcot's neurologic triad
  3. Charcot's triad
  4. Charcot-Leyden crystal
  5. Charcot-Leyden crystals
  6. Charcot-Marie-Tooth
  7. Charcotian
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