AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mean? • AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (noun)
The noun AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS has 1 sense:
1. thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
Familiarity information: AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (noun)
Meaning:
Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
ALS; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Lou Gehrig's disease
Hypernyms ("amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" is a kind of...):
nervous disorder; neurological disease; neurological disorder (a disorder of the nervous system)
induration; sclerosis (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue)
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