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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
Hypernyms
Translations
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 (āmāyoṭrophik lāṭerāla 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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Further reading
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