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.
Synonyms: ALS, (US) Lou Gehrig's disease, motor neuron disease

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Hypernyms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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disease

Afrikaans: motorneuronsiektes, amiotrofiese laterale sklerose
Arabic: التَّصَلُّب الضُّمُورِي الْجَانِبِي m (at-taṣallub aḍ-ḍumūrī l-jānibī)
Azerbaijani: yan amiotrofik skleroz
Catalan: esclerosi lateral amiotròfica f
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, 盧·賈里格症／卢·贾里格症 (Lú Jiǎlǐgézhèng), 肌萎缩侧索硬化症 (jīwěisuō cèsuǒ yìnghuàzhèng), 漸凍人症／渐冻人症 (zh) (jiàndòngrénzhèng) (colloquial)
Danish: amyotrofisk lateralsklerose c
Dutch: amyotrofische laterale sclerose f
Esperanto: amiotrofa lateralsklerozo
Finnish: ALS-tauti
French: maladie de Lou Gehrig, sclérose latérale amyotrophique (fr), SLA (fr), maladie de Charcot (fr) f
Georgian: ამიოტროფული გვერდითი სკლეროზი (amioṭropuli gverditi sḳlerozi)
German: Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose f
Hungarian: amiotrófiás laterálszklerózis
Icelandic: blönduð hreyfitaugahrörnun f, hliðarstrengjavista f, Lou Gehrig-sjúkdómur m
Indonesian: sklerosis lateral amiotrofik
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)
Korean: 근위축성 측색 경화증(筋萎縮性側索硬化症) (geunwichukseong cheuksaek gyeonghwajeung)
Latin: sclerosis lateralis amyotrophica f
Malayalam: അമിട്രോഫിക് ലാറ്ററൽ സ്‌ക്ലീറോസിസ് (amiṭrōphikŭ lāṟṟaṟal s‌klīṟōsisŭ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: amyotrofisk lateralsklerose m
Odia: ଆମାୟୋଟ୍ରୋଫିକ୍ ଲାଟେରାଲ ସ୍କ୍ଲେରୋସିସ୍ (amayoṭrophik laṭeralô sklerosis)
Persian: اسکلروز جانبی آمیوتروفیک
Polish: stwardnienie zanikowe boczne n
Portuguese: esclerose lateral amiotrófica f, ELA f
Romanian: scleroză laterală amiotrofică f
Russian: боковой амиотрофический склероз (bokovoj amiotrofičeskij skleroz)
Sinhalese: පේෂීපෝෂණ පාර්ශ්වීය ජාරඨ්‍යය (pēṣīpōṣaṇa pārśwīya jāraṭhyaya)
Spanish: esclerosis lateral amiotrófica f, ELA
Swedish: amyotrofisk lateralskleros c
Tamil: தசையூட்டமற்ற பக்க மரப்பு நோய் (tacaiyūṭṭamaṟṟa pakka marappu nōy)
Thai: อะไมโอโทรฟิก แลเทอรัล สเกลอโรซิส
Turkish: amyotrofik lateral skleroz (tr)
Ukrainian: бічний аміотрофічний склероз (bičnyj amiotrofičnyj skleroz), БАС (uk) (BAS)

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