Glossary for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, X-linked recessive, 4

• Deafness: Inability to hear sounds.
• Degenerative conditions: Diseases characterized by a progressive and degenerative decline.
• Genetic Disease: Any disease that is handed down to oneself through the chromosomes of ones parents
• High foot arch: High foot arch refers to an unusually high arch of the foot.
• Limb conditions: Medical conditions affecting the upper or lower limbs.
• Mental retardation: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation, hypogonadism, diabetes and facial and skull abnormalities.
• Movement disorders: Medical conditions affecting the movement systems, such as walking or tremor.
• Muscle conditions: Any condition that affects the muscles of the body
• Musculoskeletal conditions: Medical conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system of bones, muscles and related structures.
• Nervous system conditions: Diseases affecting the nerves and the nervous system.
• Neuromuscular conditions: Conditions affecting the nerve-muscle systems.
• Neuropathy: Peripheral neuropathy is the term for damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system, which may be caused either by diseases of the nerve or from the side-effects of systemic illness.
• Numbness: Loss of feeling or sensation
• Sensory conditions: Medical conditions affecting the sensory system, especially the sense of touch.
• Toe symptoms: Symptoms affecting the toes

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