neuropathy (redirected from Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy)

neu·rop·a·thy  (n-rp-th, ny-)

n. pl. neu·rop·a·thies

A disease or abnormality of the nervous system.

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neuropathy

any disease or disorder of the nerves. — neuropathist, n. — neuropathie, adj.

See also: Nerves

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neuropathy - any pathology of the peripheral nerves pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy - a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant mononeuropathy - any neuropathy of a single nerve trunk multiple mononeuropathy - pathology of several individual nerve trunks