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dejerine-sottas disease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-jer-ine--sot-tas dis-ease
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Questions

What does dejerine-sottas disease mean?
A hereditary neurological disorder, caused by mutations in various genes, characterized by damage to the peripheral nerves and resulting in progressive muscle wasting.
Where does dejerine-sottas disease come from?
Described by French neurologists Joseph Jules Dejerine (1849–1917) and Jules Sottas (1866–1945).

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