Medical Dictionary

peroneal muscular atrophy

noun

Medical Definition of PERONEAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY

:  a chronic inherited progressive muscular atrophy that affects the parts of the legs and feet innervated by the peroneal nerves first and later progresses to the hands and arms—called also Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, peroneal atrophy

Browse

How to use a word that (literally) drives some people nuts.
Test your vocab with our fun, fast game
Ailurophobia, and 9 other unusual fears