spinal muscular atrophy

English

Noun

spinal muscular atrophy (countable and uncountable, plural spinal muscular atrophies)

  1. A neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting.

Synonyms

  • SMA (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

  • spinal muscular atrophy, type 0 (SMA0)
  • spinal muscular atrophy, type 1 (SMA1)
  • spinal muscular atrophy, type 2 (SMA2)
  • spinal muscular atrophy, type 3 (SMA3)
  • spinal muscular atrophy, type 4 (SMA4)

Derived terms

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