spinal muscular atrophies

English

Noun

spinal muscular atrophies pl (plural only)

1. a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by the degeneration of lower motor neurons and atrophy of muscle groups

Synonyms

• SMAs (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

• spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
• 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

• SMAs (abbreviation)

Noun

spinal muscular atrophies

1. plural of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)