huntington[s_disease (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Huntington's disease*:
NOUN	state	Huntington's disease, Huntington's chorea	hereditary disease

English > *Huntington's disease*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia.
Synonym	Huntington's chorea
Broader	autosomal dominant disease, autosomal dominant disorder	A disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome
	chorea	Any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
	monogenic disorder, monogenic disease	An inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
Spanish	corea de Huntington

HyperDic: huntington[s_disease