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Dejerine-Sottas disease

Dejerine-Sottas disease noun: a hereditary neurological disorder, caused by mutations in various genes, characterized by damage to the peripheral nerves and resulting in progressive muscle wasting.

Noun

Dejerine-Sottas disease (uncountable)

  1. A hereditary neurological disorder, caused by mutations in various genes, characterized by damage to the peripheral nerves and resulting in progressive muscle wasting.

Origin of Dejerine-Sottas disease

Described by French neurologists Joseph Jules Dejerine (1849–1917) and Jules Sottas (1866–1945).

Questions about Dejerine-Sottas disease

What does Dejerine-Sottas disease mean?
Dejerine-Sottas disease means a hereditary neurological disorder, caused by mutations in various genes, characterized by damage to the peripheral nerves and resulting in progressive muscle wasting.
What part of speech is Dejerine-Sottas disease?
Dejerine-Sottas disease is a noun.

Words near Dejerine-Sottas disease in the dictionary

  1. dejeration
  2. dejerations
  3. Dejerine
  4. Dejerine syndrome
  5. Dejerine-Roussy syndrome
  6. Dejerine-Sottas disease
  7. Dejesus
  8. dejeuner
  9. dejeunered
  10. dejeunering
  11. dejeuners

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