CARRIAGE-COMPANY
\kˈaɹɪd͡ʒkˈʌmpəni], \kˈaɹɪdʒkˈʌmpəni], \k_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ_k_ˈʌ_m_p_ə_n_i]\
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People who keep their carriages: those wealthy people who pay visits, etc., in their own carriages. "There is no phrase more elegant and to my taste than that in which people are described as seeing a great deal of carriage-company."-Thackeray.
By Daniel Lyons
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Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies
- group inherited disorders which share progressive ataxia combination with atrophy CEREBELLUM; PONS; inferior olivary nuclei. Additional features include RIGIDITY; NYSTAGMUS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; DEMENTIA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA. familial has an earlier onset (second decade) and may feature spinal cord atrophy. sporadic form tends to present in the fifth or sixth decade, is considered a clinical subtype MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1085)