Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- noun
- /ˈʃɑrkoʊ ˈmɑri tuːθ dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de Charcot-Marie-Tooth
- The doctor diagnosed the patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease after observing muscle weakness in his legs.
Examples
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Her father and grandfather both had Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, so she decided to get tested.
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Researchers are looking for new treatments for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease to slow its progression.
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He was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease last year.
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Many people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease experience muscle weakness.
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She was relieved to learn that her symptoms were due to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, which her family had a history of.
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The physical therapist provided exercises specifically designed for patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease to help improve mobility.
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Understanding Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is crucial for developing effective support strategies for those affected.
Synonyms
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A disease passed from parents that makes muscles get weak and waste away
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Inherited diseases that gradually make the muscles used for movement weak and smaller
An inherited nerve disease that causes gradual weakness and loss of feeling in the hands and lower legs
Surface Forms
Morphology
Charcot-Marie-Tooth + disease
This is an eponymic medical name: 'Charcot‑Marie‑Tooth' is a string of proper names that carries no compositional information about symptoms, while 'disease' only indicates a general illness. A B1 learner who knows the word 'disease' and the names would not be able to infer the specific neurological, hereditary, and muscle‑wasting meaning, so the expression is non‑compositional and opaque.
Etymology
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease comes from the three doctors Charcot, Marie, and Tooth, who first described the condition. Because their names were put on it, the phrase now means a nerve illness that 'runs in families' and makes the muscles in the hands and lower legs get weak and smaller over time.