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Huntington's disease

[ huhn-ting-tuhnz di-zeez ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a hereditary disease of the central nervous system characterized by brain deterioration resulting in involuntary movement and unsteady gait, cognitive impairment and memory decline, and depression or other alterations in mood, with symptoms usually appearing in the fourth decade of life. : HD


Huntington's disease

/ ˈhʌntɪŋtən /

noun

  1. a rare hereditary type of chorea, marked by involuntary jerky movements, impaired speech, and increasing dementia Former nameHuntington's chorea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Huntington's disease1

Named after George S. Huntington (1850–1916), U.S. physician, who described it in 1872
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Huntington's disease1

C19: named after George Huntington (1850–1916), US neurologist
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Example Sentences

Perhaps it was Babitz’s lack of self-discipline, or her excessive drug use, or the incipient onset of Huntington’s disease, which would eventually take her life.

Tom Marshall's mother, who had Huntington's disease, and father, told their family they intended to take their own lives on Christmas Day 2020 and were found dead three days later.

From BBC

For the 2001 Venice Biennale, Téllez contributed a harrowing video installation about remote villages in Venezuela awash in Huntington’s disease, the fatal brain condition — which, he pointed out, had been mostly ignored by the government.

Gilmer, 61, has Huntington’s disease, a rare, devastating and incurable disorder that attacks the brain and affects patients’ cognition and physical abilities.

The scientists add that their new AAV could be a better option for treating neurodevelopmental disorders caused by mutations in a single gene such as Rett syndrome or SHANK3 deficiency; lysosomal storage diseases like GBA1deficiency; and neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease, prion disease, Friedreich's ataxia, and single-gene forms of ALS and Parkinson's disease.

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