motor neuron disease

English

Alternative forms

motor neurone disease

Noun

motor neuron disease (uncountable)

(neurology, pathology) any of several neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons

Abbreviations

MND

Hypernyms

neuron disease

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of motor neuron disease

ALS
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
hereditary spastic paraplegia

Lou Gehrig's disease
Madras motor neuron disease

primary lateral sclerosis
progressive bulbar palsy

progressive muscular atrophy
pseudobulbar palsy

Coordinate terms

lateral sclerosis

Translations

neurodegenerative disorder

Arabic: مَرَضُ الْعَصْبُونِ الْحُرَكِي‎‎ m (maraḍu l-ʿaṣbūni l-ḥurakī)
Finnish: motoneuronitauti

German: Motoneuron-Krankheit f
Swedish: motorneuronsjukdom c

References

motor neuron disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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