amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

English

Noun

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (uncountable)

(neurology, pathology) A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.

Abbreviations

ALS

Synonyms

Lou Gehrig's disease

Hypernyms

Hypernyms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

lateral sclerosis

motor neurone disease

Translations

disease

Chinese:
Mandarin: 肌萎縮性脊髓側索硬化症, 肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症 (jīwěisuōxìng jǐsuǐcèsuǒ yìnghuàzhèng), 肌萎縮側索硬化症, 肌萎缩侧索硬化症 (jīwěisuō cèsuǒ yìnghuàzhèng), 漸凍人症, 渐冻人症 (jiàndòngrénzhèng)
Dutch: amyotrofische laterale sclerose f
German: Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose f
Icelandic: blönduð hreyfitaugahrörnun f, hliðarstrengjavista f
Japanese: 筋萎縮性側索硬化症 (ja) (きんいしゅくせいそくさくこうかしょう, kin'ishukuseisokusekikōkashō)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: amyotrofisk lateralsklerose m
Portuguese: esclerose lateral amiotrófica f
Romanian: scleroză laterală amiotrofică f
Swedish: amyotrofisk lateralskleros c
Turkish: amyotrofik lateral skleroz (tr)

References

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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