lateral sclerosis

English

Noun

lateral sclerosis (uncountable) (abbreviated as LS)

1. (neurology, pathology) name of a number of chronic, progressive nervous diseases.

Synonyms

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS
• motor neuron disease, MND
• Lou Gehrig's disease

Hypernyms

• sclerosis

Hyponyms

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• primary lateral sclerosis

 

Coordinate terms

• motor neuron disease

Translations

disease

• Dutch: laterale sclerose f
• German: Lateralsklerose f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lateralsklerose m

• Portuguese: esclerose lateral f
• Romanian: scleroză laterală f
• Swedish: lateralskleros c
• Turkish: lateral skleroz

References

• lateral sclerosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia