| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia.[Wordnet]. | |
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Common Expressions: Huntington's disease
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Huntington's disease | Hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: Huntington's disease
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Huntington's disease | Health | A degenerative brain disorder that usually appears in mid-life. Its symptoms, which include involuntary movement of the face and limbs, mood swings, and forgetfulness, get worse as the disease progresses. It is generally fatal within 20 years. (references) | |
| Huntington's disease | Medicine | 1: A fatal neurodegenerative disease. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| 2: A degenerative neuropsychiatric disorder, characteristically affecting the basal ganglia but also affecting widespread areas of the central nervous system. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
| Huntington's disease (Huntington's chorea) | Geology | 1: Huntington's disease is a genetic disease with onset between 30 to 50 years of age and characterized by chorea (involuntary movements), behavior changes and dementia. The defect in on the short arm of chromosome 4 and is an autosomal dominant inherited condition. (references) | |
| 2: An inherited degenerative neuropsychiatric disorder which is caused by a dominant gene on an autosome. Symptoms include chorea (involuntary dancelike movements), clumsiness, slurred speech, depression, irritability, apathy, and losses of attention span, short-term memory and intellectual speed. Symptoms typically begin between the ages of 30 and 50 (though they can start at any other time), and not all individuals will have the same symptoms. Symptoms are treated as they appear. There is currently no cure. (references) | |||
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| Huntington's disease | 129 | Huntington's disease | 129 | |
| Huntington's Disease Society of America | 4 | Huntington's Disease Society of America: Center of Excellence | 2 | |
| Huntington's Disease Society of America: Center of Excellence | 2 | Huntington's Disease Society of America | 4 | |
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